Breakthrough Bloodstream Infections Caused by Echinocandin-Resistant Candida tropicalis: An Emerging Threat to Immunocompromised Patients with Hematological Malignancies

Background. Candida tropicalis is a virulent fungal pathogen for which echinocandins are the primary therapy. Emergence of resistance to echinocandins of C. tropicalis carries potentially ominous therapeutic implications. Methods. We describe herein two patients with breakthrough C. tropicalis funge...

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Pubblicato in:J Fungi (Basel)
Autori principali: Sfeir, Maroun M., Jiménez-Ortigosa, Cristina, Gamaletsou, Maria N., Schuetz, Audrey N., Soave, Rosemary, Van Besien, Koen, Small, Catherine B., Perlin, David S., Walsh, Thomas J.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: MDPI 2020
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7151208/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32024039
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof6010020
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