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. 2008 Jul;52(7):2683-5.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.00272-08. Epub 2008 Apr 28.

Species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility patterns of 75 clinical isolates of Fusarium spp. from northern Italy

Anna Maria Tortorano  1 , Anna Prigitano, Giovanna Dho, Maria Carmela Esposto, Claudia Gianni, Anna Grancini, Cristina Ossi, Maria Anna Viviani
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Species distribution and in vitro antifungal susceptibility patterns of 75 clinical isolates of Fusarium spp. from northern Italy

Anna Maria Tortorano et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Jul.

Abstract

Fusarium isolates from 75 Italian patients were identified by molecular methods, and their susceptibilities to antifungals were tested in vitro. Fusarium verticillioides was the species most frequently isolated from deep-seated infections, and F. solani was the species most frequently isolated from superficial infections. F. solani isolates showed high azole MICs, while F. verticillioides isolates showed low posaconazole MICs.

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