New Clonal Strain of Candida auris, Delhi, India

Chowdhary, Anuradha; Sharma, Cheshta; Duggal, Shalini; Agarwal, Kshitij; Prakash, Anupam; Singh, Pradeep Kumar; Jain, Sarika; Kathuria, Shallu; Randhawa, Harbans S.; Hagen, Ferry; Meis, Jacques F.

doi:10.3201/eid1910.130393

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New Clonal Strain of Candida auris, Delhi, India

Published Date:

Oct 2013

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 19(10):1670-1673.

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English

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Emerg Infect Dis

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Chowdhary, Anuradha ; Sharma, Cheshta ; Duggal, Shalini ; Agarwal, Kshitij ; Prakash, Anupam ; ... More ▼

Description:

A new clonal strain of Candida auris is an emerging etiologic agent of fungemia in Delhi, India. In 12 patients in 2 hospitals, it was resistant to fluconazole and genotypically distinct from isolates from South Korea and Japan, as revealed by M13 and amplified fragment length polymorphism typing.

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10.3201/eid1910.130393

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24048006

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PMC3810747

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Journal Article

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India

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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