Increasing prevalence, molecular characterization and antifungal drug susceptibility of serial Candida auris isolates in Kuwait

Candida auris is an emerging yeast pathogen of global significance. Its multidrug-resistant nature and inadequacies of conventional identification systems pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This study investigated occurrence of C. auris in clinical specimens in Kuwait and its susceptibility...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2018-04, Vol.13 (4), p.e0195743-e0195743
Hauptverfasser:	Khan, Ziauddin, Ahmad, Suhail, Al-Sweih, Noura, Joseph, Leena, Alfouzan, Wadha, Asadzadeh, Mohammad
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged, 80 and over Amphotericin B Antifungal agents Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Biology and Life Sciences Candida Candida - drug effects Candida - isolation & purification Candida auris Candida conglobata Candidiasis - drug therapy Candidiasis - epidemiology Candidiasis - microbiology Caspofungin Colonies Comparative analysis Diagnostic systems Disinfection & disinfectants Epidemiology Female Fluconazole Forming Fungal infections Fungicides Health aspects Humans Identification Identification methods Infections Kuwait - epidemiology Laboratories Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Micafungin Microbial drug resistance Microbial Sensitivity Tests Mortality Multidrug resistance Pathogens Patients People and Places Prevalence Research and Analysis Methods Risk analysis Risk factors Risk groups Risk management Species Testing Voriconazole Yeast
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