Abstract
Increasing resistance to frontline antifungals is a growing threat to global health. In the face of high rates of relapse for patients with cryptococcal meningitis and frequent drug resistance in clinical isolates, recent insights into Cryptococcus neoformans morphogenesis and genome plasticity take on new and urgent meaning. Here we review the state of the understanding of mechanisms of drug resistance in the context of host-relevant changes in Cryptococcus morphology and cell ploidy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 158-164 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Microbiology |
Volume | 52 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:HZ is supported by an NC3Rs PhD studentship (NC/R001472/1). DSA is a TREM post-doctoral fellow supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grant K12GM119955. ERB is supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (211241/Z/18/Z). KN is supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grant R01AI134636.
Funding Information:
HZ is supported by an NC3Rs PhD studentship ( NC/R001472/1 ). DSA is a TREM post-doctoral fellow supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grant K12GM119955 . ERB is supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society ( 211241/Z/18/Z ). KN is supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grant R01AI134636 .
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