Magnitude of Voriconazole Resistance in Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Aspergillus flavus and Investigation into the Role of Multidrug Efflux Pumps
- 1 November 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 62 (11)
Abstract
The magnitude of azole resistance in Aspergillus 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) of A. flavus by the broth microdilution method.Keywords
Funding Information
- Indian Council of Medical Research
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