| Literature DB >> 24217700 |
Semanti Sarkar1, Priya Uppuluri, Christopher G Pierce, Jose L Lopez-Ribot.
Abstract
Candida albicans biofilms are generally considered to be resistant to azole antifungal agents but susceptible to echinocandins. We demonstrate that in a sequential therapy regimen, treatment with fluconazole first followed by caspofungin leads to a significant decrease of the efficacy of this echinocandin. Cellular stress responses induced by high fluconazole concentrations and mediated by Hsp90 and calcineurin play an important role in this phenomenon.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24217700 PMCID: PMC3910858 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01745-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191