Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

BACKGROUND. Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes invasive infections, was first described in 2009 in Japan and has since been reported from several countries. METHODS. To understand the global emergence and epidemiology of C. auris, we obtained isolates from 54 patients with C. aur...

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Published in:Clin Infect Dis
Main Authors: Lockhart, Shawn R., Etienne, Kizee A., Vallabhaneni, Snigdha, Farooqi, Joveria, Chowdhary, Anuradha, Govender, Nelesh P., Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, Calvo, Belinda, Cuomo, Christina A., Desjardins, Christopher A., Berkow, Elizabeth L., Castanheira, Mariana, Magobo, Rindidzani E., Jabeen, Kauser, Asghar, Rana J., Meis, Jacques F., Jackson, Brendan, Chiller, Tom, Litvintseva, Anastasia P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215215/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27988485
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw691
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