Candida auris: a review of the literature

A Jeffery-Smith, SK Taori, S Schelenz… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emerging pathogen Candida auris has been associated with nosocomial outbreaks on
five continents. Genetic analysis indicates the simultaneous emergence of separate clades …

Multidrug-Resistant Candida: Epidemiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Treatment

MC Arendrup, TF Patterson - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Invasive Candida infections remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially
in hospitalized and immunocompromised or critically ill patients. A limited number of …

Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

SR Lockhart, KA Etienne, S Vallabhaneni… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Drug-resistant fungi: an emerging challenge threatening our limited antifungal armamentarium

A Arastehfar, T Gabaldón, R Garcia-Rubio, JD Jenks… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high clinical mortality and economic burden posed by invasive fungal infections (IFIs),
along with significant agricultural crop loss caused by various fungal species, has resulted in …

Tracing the evolutionary history and global expansion of Candida auris using population genomic analyses

NA Chow, JF Muñoz, L Gade, EL Berkow, X Li… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida auris has emerged globally as a multidrug-resistant yeast that can spread via
nosocomial transmission. An initial phylogenetic study of isolates from Japan, India …

Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally

A Chowdhary, C Sharma, JF Meis - PLOS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Candidiasis, which includes both superficial infections and invasive disease, is the most
common cause of fungal infection worldwide. Candida bloodstream infections (BSI) cause …

Candida auris: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Antifungal Susceptibility, and Infection Control Measures to Combat the Spread of Infections in Healthcare …

S Ahmad, W Alfouzan - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Candida auris, a recently recognized, often multidrug-resistant yeast, has become a
significant fungal pathogen due to its ability to cause invasive infections and outbreaks in …

A multicentre study of antifungal susceptibility patterns among 350 Candida auris isolates (2009–17) in India: role of the ERG11 and FKS1 genes in azole and …

A Chowdhary, A Prakash, C Sharma… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Candida auris has emerged globally as an MDR nosocomial pathogen in ICU
patients. Objectives We studied the antifungal susceptibility of C. auris isolates (n= 350) from …

Candida auris: The recent emergence of a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen

K Forsberg, K Woodworth, M Walters… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious invasive
infections with high mortality. It was first discovered in 2009, and since then, individual cases …

First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital

S Schelenz, F Hagen, JL Rhodes… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2016 - Springer
Background Candida auris is a globally emerging multidrug resistant fungal pathogen
causing nosocomial transmission. We report an ongoing outbreak of C. auris in a London …