Article
Stable azole drug resistance associated with a substrain of Candida albicans from an HIV-infected patient.
Oral diseases - 1 May 1997
White T C, Pfaller M A, Rinaldi M G, Smith J, Redding S W
Abstract excerpt
Oral candidiasis is one of the earliest and most frequent complications of a failing immune system in HIV-infected individuals. For several years, oral candidiasis has been treated effectively with azole drugs, the one most frequently used is fluconazole. Unfortunately, extensive use of the drug...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Antifungal Agents
- Azoles
- Candida albicans
- Candidiasis, Oral
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Fluconazole
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- HIV Infections
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Piperazines