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Evolution of drug resistance in Candida albicans.
Annual review of microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Cowen Leah E, Anderson James B, Kohn Linda M
Abstract excerpt
The widespread deployment of antimicrobial agents in medicine and agriculture is nearly always followed by the evolution of resistance to these agents in the pathogen. With the limited availability of antifungal drugs and the increasing incidence of opportunistic fungal infections, the emergence of drug resistance in fungal pathogens poses a serious public health concern. Antifungal drug resistance has been...
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