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Potential Use of MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Detection of Antifungal Resistance in the Human Pathogen Candida glabrata.
Scientific reports - 22 Aug 2017
Vella Antonietta, De Carolis Elena, Mello Enrica, Perlin David S, Sanglard Dominique, Sanguinetti Maurizio, Posteraro Brunella
Abstract excerpt
The echinocandins are relatively new antifungal drugs that represent, together with the older azoles, the recommended and/or preferred agents to treat candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis in human patients. If "time is of the essence" to reduce the mortality for these infections, the administration of appropriate antifungal therapy could be accelerated by the timely reporting of laboratory test...
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