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Effects of Agricultural Fungicide Use on Aspergillus fumigatus Abundance, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Population Structure.
mBio - 24 Nov 2020
Barber Amelia E, Riedel Jennifer, Sae-Ong Tongta, Kang Kang, Brabetz Werner, Panagiotou Gianni, Deising Holger B, Kurzai Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotic resistance is an increasing threat to human health. In the case of Aspergillus fumigatus, which is both an environmental saprobe and an opportunistic human fungal pathogen, resistance is suggested to arise from fungicide use in agriculture, as the azoles used for plant protection share the same molecular target as the frontline antifungals used clinically. However, limiting azole fungicide use on crop...
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