Emergence of resistant Candida in neutropenic patients



Título del documento: Emergence of resistant Candida in neutropenic patients
Revista: The brazilian journal of infectious diseases
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000290695
ISSN: 1413-8670
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Divisao de Doencas Infecciosas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Jun
Volumen: 6
Número: 3
Paginación: 124-128
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, analítico
Resumen en inglés Problems with resistance to antifungal drugs have emerged due to an increase in the incidence of systemic fungal infections and widespread use of antifungal agents. Accordingly, efforts have been made to develop adequate fungal susceptibility tests. The ideal test should have high intra and inter-laboratory reproducibility, good correlation with the clinical outcome, and should be easy to perform. While no such test has yet been developed, advances have been made. Over the past decade, many reports of fungal resistance have been published, most of them in AIDS patients. Though the frequency of resistant strains is still low in neutropenic cancer patients, and is mostly limited to Candida glabrata and Candida krusei, resistance to Candida albicans has also been reported
Disciplinas: Medicina,
Biología
Palabras clave: Farmacología,
Hongos,
Candida glabrata,
Antifúngicos,
Resistencia a fármacos
Keyword: Medicine,
Biology,
Pharmacology,
Fungi,
Candida glabrata,
Antifungal agents,
Drug resistance
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