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Molecular biological characterization of an azole-resistant Candida glabrata isolate.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 1997
Marichal P, Vanden Bossche H, Odds F C, Nobels G, Warnock D W, Timmerman V, Van Broeckhoven C, Fay S, Mose-Larsen P
Abstract excerpt
Two isolates of Candida glabrata, one susceptible and one resistant to azole antifungals, were previously shown to differ in quantity and activity of the cytochrome P-450 14alpha-lanosterol demethylase which is the target for azole antifungals. The resistant isolate also had a lower intracellular level of fluconazole, but not of ketoconazole or itraconazole, than the susceptible isolate. In the present study a...
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