作者
Shabir A Lone, Aijaz Ahmad
发表日期
2019/8
来源
Mycoses
卷号
62
期号
8
页码范围
620-637
简介
A paradigm shift of candidiasis from Candida albicans to non‐albicans Candida species has fundamentally increased with the advent of C. auris. C. auris, despite being a newly emerged multidrug‐resistant fungal pathogen, is associated with severe invasive infections and outbreaks with high mortality rates. Initially reported from Japan in 2009, C. auris have now been found in different countries on all the continents except Antarctica. Due to its capability of nosocomial transmission and forming adherent biofilms on clinically important substrates, a high number of related hospital outbreaks have been reported worldwide. As C. auris is a multidrug‐resistant pathogen and is prone to misidentification by available conventional methods, it becomes difficult to detect and manage C. auris infection and also limits the therapeutic options against this deadly pathogen. The emergence of multidrug‐resistant C. auris …
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