Emergence of echinocandin-resistant Candida spp. in a hospital setting: a consequence of 10 years of increasing use of antifungal therapy?

Rapid Emergence of Echinocandin Resistance during Candida kefyr Fungemia Treatment with Caspofungin

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Increasing Echinocandin Resistance in Candida glabrata: Clinical Failure Correlates With Presence of FKS Mutations and Elevated Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations

(2013) Barbara D. Alexander et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Impact of Prior Inappropriate Fluconazole Dosing on Isolation of Fluconazole-Nonsusceptible Candida Species in Hospitalized Patients with Candidemia

(2012) Dhara N. Shah et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

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(2012) O.A. Cornely et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A non-compulsory stewardship programme for the management of antifungals in a university-affiliated hospital

(2012) F. López-Medrano et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Association between incidence of candidaemia and consumption of antifungal agents at a medical centre in Taiwan

(2012) Chih-Cheng Lai et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Frequency of Decreased Susceptibility and Resistance to Echinocandins among Fluconazole-Resistant Bloodstream Isolates of Candida glabrata

(2012) M. A. Pfaller et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Practical considerations on current guidelines for the management of non-neutropenic adult patients with candidaemia

(2012) A. Glöckner et al.   MYCOSES

A matched-control evaluation of an antifungal bundle in the intensive care unit at a university teaching hospital

(2012) Anthony J. Guarascio et al.   International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Clinical breakpoints for the echinocandins and Candida revisited: Integration of molecular, clinical, and microbiological data to arrive at species-specific interpretive criteria

(2011) M.A. Pfaller et al.   DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES

Evaluation of antifungal therapy in patients with candidaemia based on susceptibility testing results: implications for antimicrobial stewardship programmes

(2011) D. N. Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Candida species bloodstream infection: epidemiology and outcome in a single institution from 1991 to 2008

(2011) M. Ortega et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Breakthrough invasive mould infections in patients treated with caspofungin

(2011) Katy-Anna Phai Pang et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Fitness and Virulence Costs of Candida albicans FKS1 Hot Spot Mutations Associated With Echinocandin Resistance

(2011) Ronen Ben-Ami et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Low Prevalence of fks1 Hot Spot 1 Mutations in a Worldwide Collection of Candida Strains

(2010) M. Castanheira et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Clinically significant micafungin resistance in Candida albicans involves modification of a glucan synthase catalytic subunit GSC1 (FKS1) allele followed by loss of heterozygosity

(2010) K. Niimi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Breakthrough Invasive Candidiasis in Patients on Micafungin

(2010) C. D. Pfeiffer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2009) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Characterisation of breakthrough invasive mycoses in echinocandin recipients: an evidence-based review

(2009) Hsin-Yun Sun et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Mutations in the fks1 Gene in Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei Correlate with Elevated Caspofungin MICs Uncovered in AM3 Medium Using the Method of the European Committee on Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

(2008) M. Desnos-Ollivier et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The relationship between antifungal usage and antifungal susceptibility in clinical isolates ofCandida: a multicenter Korean study

(2008) Soo Hyun Kim et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY