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Fungal echinocandin resistance
Echinocandins are the most recent introduction to the antifungal armamentarium and target the synthesis of β-(1,3)-glucan, the major structural polysaccharide of the fungal cell wall. Mechanisms have been identified that reduce the efficacy of the echinocandins: mutations of the Fks subunit of the t...
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Faculty of 1000 Ltd
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990507/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173867 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B2-66 |