Impact of Resistance to Fluconazole on Virulence and Morphological Aspects of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Isolates

Cryptococcus sp. are responsible for around 1 million cases of meningitis every year. Fluconazole (FLU) is commonly used in the treatment of cryptococcosis, mainly in immunocompromised patients and the resistance is usually reported after long periods of treatment. In this study, the morphological c...

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Published in:Front Microbiol
Main Authors: Rossi, Suélen A., Trevijano-Contador, Nuria, Scorzoni, Liliana, Mesa-Arango, Ana Cecilia, de Oliveira, Haroldo C., Werther, Karin, de Freitas Raso, Tânia, Mendes-Giannini, Maria J. S., Zaragoza, Oscar, Fusco-Almeida, Ana M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754443/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909069
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00153
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