Prevalence and mechanism of triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus in a referral chest hospital in Delhi, India and an update of the situation in Asia

Prevalence and mechanism of triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus in a referral chest hospital in Delhi, India and an update of the situation in Asia

Aspergillus fumigatus causes varied clinical syndromes ranging from colonization to deep infections. The mainstay of therapy of Aspergillus diseases is triazoles but several studies globally highlighted variable prevalence of triazole resistance, which hampers the management of aspergillosis. We stu...

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Main Authors: Anuradha eChowdhary, Cheshta eSharma, Shallu eKathuria, Ferry eHagen, Jacques F Meis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Asia
India
Microsatellite typing
Triazole resistant A. fumigatus
TR34/L98H
G54E
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00428/full

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