Candida albicans genotyping in studies with patients with AIDS developing resistance to fluconazole.

doi:10.1128/jcm.31.11.2933-2937.1993

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Candida albicans genotyping in studies with patients with AIDS developing resistance to fluconazole.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1993

Bart-Delabesse E, Boiron P, Carlotti A, Dupont B

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We characterized Candida albicans strains responsible for recurrent oropharyngeal candidosis (OPC) in four patients with AIDS who developed clinical and mycological resistance to fluconazole (FCZ). Karyotype and restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses were performed on the clonal popula...

Topics

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Candida albicans
Candidiasis
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fluconazole
Genotype
Humans
Karyotyping
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Pharyngeal Diseases
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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