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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2007, p. 3014-3016, Vol. 51, No. 8
0066-4804/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00459-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Cross-Resistance to Medical and Agricultural Azole Drugs in Yeasts from the Oropharynx of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients and from Environmental Bavarian Vine Grapes{triangledown}

Frank-Michael C. Müller,1,2* Andrea Staudigel,2 Stefanie Salvenmoser,1 Antje Tredup,1 Rudolf Miltenberger,3 and Josef V. Herrmann3

Pediatric Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics III, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg,1 Department of Pediatrics, University Würzburg, Würzburg,2 Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture, Veitshöchheim, Germany3

Received 3 April 2007/ Returned for modification 20 May 2007/ Accepted 25 May 2007

Cross-resistance among Candida albicans isolates from the oropharynges of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients (n = 16) and environmental yeast strains of various species (n = 54) to medical and agricultural azole drugs was observed. Precautions against the unnecessary widespread use of azoles in the environment and human medicine are strongly recommended to prevent patients from acquiring azole-resistant yeasts.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Pediatric Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Pediatrics III, University Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 153, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Phone: 49-6221-56-8356. Fax: 49-6221-56-33853. E-mail: Frank-Michael_Mueller{at}med.uni-heidelberg.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 4 June 2007.


Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2007, p. 3014-3016, Vol. 51, No. 8
0066-4804/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00459-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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