Triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatu s isolated from a tomato production environment exposed to propiconazole.
Alejandra M Jimenez MadridRaees Ahmad PaulFrancesca RotondoLoic DeblaisGireesh RajashekaraSally A MillerMelanie L Lewis IveyPublished in: Applied and environmental microbiology (2024)
The agricultural use of azole fungicides to control plant diseases has been implicated as a major contributor to ARAf infections in humans. Our study did not reveal imposition of selection pressure for ARAf in a vegetable production system. However, more surveillance studies for ARAf in food crop production and other environments are warranted in understanding this public and One Health issue.