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Identifying Candida auris transmission in a hospital outbreak investigation using whole-genome sequencing and SNP phylogenetic analysis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 16 Oct 2024
Mitchell Brooks I, Kling Kendall, Bolon Maureen K, Rathod Shardul N, Malczynski Michael, Ruiz Javier, Polanco Wanda, Fritz Kevin, Maali Sarah, Stosor Valentina, Zembower Teresa R, Qi Chao
Abstract excerpt
Candida auris poses a global public health challenge, causing multiple outbreaks within healthcare facilities. Despite advancements in strain typing for various infectious diseases, a consensus on the genetic relatedness threshold for identifying C. auris transmission in local hospital outbreaks remains elusive. We investigated genetic variations within our local isolate collection using whole-genome-based single...
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