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A new Aspergillus fumigatus resistance mechanism conferring in vitro cross-resistance to azole antifungals involves a combination of cyp51A alterations.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2007
Mellado E, Garcia-Effron G, Alcázar-Fuoli L, Melchers W J G, Verweij P E, Cuenca-Estrella M, Rodríguez-Tudela J L
Abstract excerpt
Fourteen Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates that exhibited a pattern of reduced susceptibility to triazole drugs were analyzed. The sequences of the cyp51A gene from all isolates showed the presence of a point mutation at t364a, which led to the substitution of leucine 98 for histidine (L98H), together with the presence of two copies of a 34-bp sequence in tandem in the promoter of the cyp51A gene....
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