VT-1161 protects mice against oropharyngeal candidiasis caused by fluconazole-susceptible and -resistant Candida albicans
Author(s) -
Timothy J. Break,
Jigar V. Desai,
Mukil Natarajan,
Elise M. N. Ferré,
Christina Henderson,
Adrian M. Zelazny,
Ulrich Siebenlist,
William J. Hoekstra,
Robert J. Schotzinger,
Edward P. Garvey,
Michail S. Lionakis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx352
Subject(s) - fluconazole , candida albicans , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , antifungal
Candida albicans, the most common human fungal pathogen, causes chronic mucosal infections in patients with inborn errors of IL-17 immunity that rely heavily on chronic, often lifelong, azole antifungal agents for treatment. However, a rise in azole resistance has predicated a need for developing new antifungal drugs.
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