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Heteroresistance to Fluconazole Is a Continuously Distributed Phenotype among Candida glabrata Clinical Strains Associated with In Vivo Persistence.
mBio - 2 Aug 2016
Ben-Ami Ronen, Zimmerman Offer, Finn Talya, Amit Sharon, Novikov Anna, Wertheimer Noa, Lurie-Weinberger Mor, Berman Judith
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Candida glabrata causes persistent infections in patients treated with fluconazole and often acquires resistance following exposure to the drug. Here we found that clinical strains of C. glabrata exhibit cell-to-cell variation in drug response (heteroresistance). We used population analysis profiling (PAP) to assess fluconazole heteroresistance (FLC(HR)) and to ask if it is a binary trait or a...
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