Clonal Population of Flucytosine-Resistant Candida tropicalis from Blood Cultures, Paris, France

Candida tropicalis is a diploid ascomycetes yeast responsible for 4%–24% of candidemia. Resistance to flucytosine is rarely described for this species but was observed for 45 (35%) of 130 C. tropicalis isolates recovered from blood cultures in the Paris area in a 4-year survey. The aims of this stud...

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Main Authors: Marie Desnos-Ollivier, Stéphane Bretagne, Claire Bernède, Vincent Robert, Dorothée Raoux, Elisabeth Chachaty, Elisabeth Forget, Claire Lacroix, Françoise Dromer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/07-1083_article