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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2018

Widespread amphotericin B-resistant strains of

Eta E Ashu, Gregory A Korfanty, Himeshi Samarasinghe, Nicole Pum, Man You, Deborah Yamamura, Jianping Xu

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eta E AshuDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, jpxu@mcmaster.ca.
Gregory A KorfantyDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, jpxu@mcmaster.ca.
Himeshi SamarasingheDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, jpxu@mcmaster.ca.
Nicole PumDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, jpxu@mcmaster.ca.
Man YouDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, jpxu@mcmaster.ca.
Deborah YamamuraDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Jianping XuDepartment of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, jpxu@mcmaster.ca.
McMaster University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAmphotericin B (AMB) is one of the major antifungal drugs used in the management of aspergillosis and is especially recommended for treating triazole-resistant strains of

methodsThe in vitro susceptibilities of 195 environmental and clinical

resultsOf the 195 isolates, 188 (96.4%) had the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of AMB ≥2 mg/L, with approximately 80% and 20% of all clinical and environmental isolates having MICs of ≥ 4 mg/L. Overall, the clinical isolates were less susceptible to AMB than environmental isolates (

conclusionThe widespread AMB resistance suggests that using AMB in the management of

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amphotericin BAspergillus fumigatusCanadacatalase activityHamiltonresistance

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PMCPMC6160276
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