The evolution of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Candida albicans

CB Ford, JM Funt, D Abbey, L Issi, C Guiducci… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Candida albicans is both a member of the healthy human microbiome and a major pathogen
in immunocompromised individuals. Infections are typically treated with azole inhibitors of …

Stepwise emergence of azole, echinocandin and amphotericin B multidrug resistance in vivo in Candida albicans orchestrated by multiple genetic alterations

RH Jensen, KMT Astvad, LV Silva… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The objective of this study was to characterize the underlying molecular
mechanisms in consecutive clinical Candida albicans isolates from a single patient …

Evolutionary Emergence of Drug Resistance in Candida Opportunistic Pathogens

E Ksiezopolska, T Gabaldón - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fungal infections, such as candidiasis caused by Candida, pose a problem of growing
medical concern. In developed countries, the incidence of Candida infections is increasing …

Global Analysis of the Evolution and Mechanism of Echinocandin Resistance in Candida glabrata

SD Singh-Babak, T Babak, S Diezmann, JA Hill… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The evolution of drug resistance has a profound impact on human health. Candida glabrata
is a leading human fungal pathogen that can rapidly evolve resistance to echinocandins …

Evolution of Drug Resistance in Candida Albicans

LE Cowen, JB Anderson… - Annual Reviews in …, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The widespread deployment of antimicrobial agents in medicine and agriculture is
nearly always followed by the evolution of resistance to these agents in the pathogen. With …

Genome-Wide Expression Profile Analysis Reveals Coordinately Regulated Genes Associated with Stepwise Acquisition of Azole Resistance in Candida albicans …

PD Rogers, KS Barker - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen and a causative agent of
oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC), the most frequent opportunistic infection among patients …

Genetic Drivers of Multidrug Resistance in Candida glabrata

KR Healey, C Jimenez Ortigosa, E Shor… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Both the incidence of invasive fungal infections and rates of multidrug resistance associated
with fungal pathogen Candida glabrata have increased in recent years. In this perspective …

Antifungal Drug Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms in Candida albicans and Beyond

Y Lee, E Puumala, N Robbins, LE Cowen - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fungal infections are a major contributor to infectious disease-related deaths across the
globe. Candida species are among the most common causes of invasive mycotic disease …

Drug resistance mechanisms and their regulation in non-albicans Candida species

A Kołaczkowska, M Kołaczkowski - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Fungal pathogens use various mechanisms to survive exposure to drugs. Prolonged
treatment very often leads to the stepwise acquisition of resistance. The limited number of …

Narrow mutational signatures drive acquisition of multidrug resistance in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata

E Ksiezopolska, MÀ Schikora-Tamarit, R Beyer… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Fungal infections are a growing medical concern, in part due to increased resistance to one
or multiple antifungal drugs. However, the evolutionary processes underpinning the …