Magnitude of Voriconazole Resistance in Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Aspergillus flavus and Investigation into the Role of Multidrug Efflux Pumps
Author(s) -
Raees A. Paul,
Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy,
Manpreet Dhaliwal,
Pankaj Singh,
Anup Ghosh,
Harsimran Kaur,
Subhash Varma,
Ritesh Agarwal,
Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.01022-18
Subject(s) - efflux , voriconazole , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , aspergillus flavus , multiple drug resistance , azole , broth microdilution , wild type , candida albicans , drug resistance , gene , mutant , genetics , minimum inhibitory concentration , antimicrobial , antifungal
The magnitude of azole resistance inAspergillus flavus and its underlying mechanism is obscure. We evaluated the frequency of azole resistance in a collection of clinical (n = 121) and environmental isolates (n = 68) ofA. flavus by the broth microdilution method.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom