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Sentinel Case of Candida auris in the Western United States Following Prolonged Occult Colonization in a Returned Traveler from India.

Authors :
Woodworth MH
Dynerman D
Crawford ED
Doernberg SB
Ramirez-Avila L
Serpa PH
Nichols A
Li LM
Lyden A
Tato CM
Miller S
Derisi JL
Langelier C
Source :
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) [Microb Drug Resist] 2019 Jun; Vol. 25 (5), pp. 677-680.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast with high mortality. We report the sentinel C. auris case on the United States West Coast in a patient who relocated from India. We identified close phylogenetic relatedness to the South Asia clade and ERG11 Y132F and FKS1 S639Y mutations potentially explaining antifungal resistance.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1931-8448
Volume :
25
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31163013
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2018.0408