Azole Heteroresistance in Cryptococcus neoformans: Emergence of Resistant Clones with Chromosomal Disomy in the Mouse Brain during Fluconazole Treatment
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Azole heteroresistance in Cryptococcus neoformans: emergence of resistant clones with chromosomal disomy in the mouse brain during fluconazole treatment.
We have previously reported that Cryptococcus neoformans strains are innately heteroresistant to fluconazole in vitro, producing minor, highly resistant subpopulations due to adaptive formation of disomic chromosomes. Using a mouse model, we assessed the emergence of heteroresistant clones in the brain during fluconazole treatment and found that the occurrence of heteroresistant clones in vivo ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00694-13