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SUBMITTER: Iyer KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755909 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Iyer Kali R KR Camara Kaddy K Daniel-Ivad Martin M Trilles Richard R Pimentel-Elardo Sheila M SM Fossen Jen L JL Marchillo Karen K Liu Zhongle Z Singh Shakti S Muñoz José F JF Kim Sang Hu SH Porco John A JA Cuomo Christina A CA Williams Noelle S NS Ibrahim Ashraf S AS Edwards John E JE Andes David R DR Nodwell Justin R JR Brown Lauren E LE Whitesell Luke L Robbins Nicole N Cowen Leah E LE
Nature communications 20201222 1
Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen that exhibits resistance to multiple drugs, including the most commonly prescribed antifungal, fluconazole. Here, we use a combinatorial screening approach to identify a bis-benzodioxolylindolinone (azoffluxin) that synergizes with fluconazole against C. auris. Azoffluxin enhances fluconazole activity through the inhibition of efflux pump Cdr1, thus increasing intracellular fluconazole levels. This activity is conserved across most C. auris clades, wi ...[more]