Open Access<p>Emergence of Terbinafine Resistant <em>Trichophyton mentagrophytes</em> in Iran, Harboring Mutations in the Squalene Epoxidase (<em>SQLE</em>) Gene</p>
Author(s) -
Simin Taghipour,
Forough Shamsizadeh,
Ivan M. Pchelin,
Ali RezaeiMatehhkolaei,
Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi,
Reza Valadan,
Saham Ansari,
Farzad Katiraee,
Keyvan Pakshir,
Kamiar Zomorodian,
Mahdi Abastabar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s246025
Subject(s) - terbinafine , trichophyton , broth microdilution , biology , squalene monooxygenase , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , gene , itraconazole , genetics , minimum inhibitory concentration , antibiotics , biosynthesis
Trichophyton mentagrophytes and T. interdigitale are important causative agents of superficial mycoses, demonstrating emergent antifungal drug resistance. We studied the antifungal susceptibility profiles in Iranian isolates of these two species.