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Genotyping of the MTL loci and susceptibility to two antifungal agents of Candida glabrata clinical isolates.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Aug 2009
Lavaniegos-Sobrino María Teresa, Ramírez-Zavaleta Candy Y, Ponce de León Alfredo, Sifuentes-Osornio José, Bobadilla-Del Valle Miriam, Rangel-Cordero Andrea, De Las Peñas Alejandro, Castaño Irene
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The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida glabrata is the second most common isolate from bloodstream infections worldwide and is naturally less susceptible to the antifungal drug fluconazole than other Candida species. C. glabrata is a haploid yeast that contains three mating-type like loci (MTL), although no sexual cycle has been described. Strains containing both types of mating information at the MTL1 locus...
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