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Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Jan 2017
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
Abstract excerpt
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. auris infection from Pakistan, India, South Africa, and Venezuela during 2012-2015 and the type specimen from Japan....
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