Influence of Cholesterol Import on Aspergillus fumigatus Growth and Antifungal Suscepibility
Description:
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a life-threatening fungal infection commonly observed in immunocompromised patients and has a mortality rate approaching 100% once the disease is disseminated. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most common pathogen. Early diagnosis improves the prognosis but is very difficult since most signs and symptoms are nonspecific. Antifungal therapy, usually based on sterol biosynthesis inhibitors, is also of limited efficacy. In my attempts to discover a diagnostic st…
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Date:
December 2003
Creator:
Hassan, Saad A.
Partner:
UNT Libraries