Development of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus during azole therapy associated with change in virulence.

Four sequential Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from a patient with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) eventually failing azole-echinocandin combination therapy were investigated. The first two isolates (1 and 2) were susceptible to antifungal azoles, but increased itraconazole, voriconazole and pos...

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Main Authors: Maiken Cavling Arendrup, Eleftheria Mavridou, Klaus Leth Mortensen, Eveline Snelders, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Humara Khan, Willem J G Melchers, Paul E Verweij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20404915/?tool=EBI