Potential Use of MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Detection of Antifungal Resistance in the Human Pathogen Candida glabrata

Abstract The echinocandins are relatively new antifungal drugs that represent, together with the older azoles, the recommended and/or preferred agents to treat candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis in human patients. If “time is of the essence” to reduce the mortality for these infecti...

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Main Authors: Antonietta Vella, Elena De Carolis, Enrica Mello, David S. Perlin, Dominique Sanglard, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09329-4