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Clonal population of flucytosine-resistant Candida tropicalis from blood cultures, Paris, France.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2008
Desnos-Ollivier Marie, Bretagne Stéphane, Bernède Claire, Robert Vincent, Raoux Dorothée, Chachaty Elisabeth, Forget Elisabeth, Lacroix Claire, Dromer Françoise
Abstract excerpt
Candida tropicalis is a diploid ascomycetes yeast responsible for 4%-24% of candidemia. Resistance to flucytosine is rarely described for this species but was observed for 45 (35%) of 130 C. tropicalis isolates recovered from blood cultures in the Paris area in a 4-year survey. The aims of this study were to test the hypothesis that the flucytosine-resistant isolates could represent a subgroup and to determine...
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