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Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates ove...

Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates ove...

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Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade

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Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020-03, Vol.14 (3), p.e0008137-e0008137

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Fluconazole is used in combination with amphotericin B for induction treatment of cryptococcal meningitis and as monotherapy for consolidation and maintenance treatment. More than 90% of isolates from first episodes of cryptococcal disease had a fluconazole minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≤4 μg/ml in a Gauteng population-based surveillance s...

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Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2390718182

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2390718182

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ISSN

1935-2735,1935-2727

E-ISSN

1935-2735

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0008137

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