What makes <i>Candida auris</i> pan-drug resistant? Integrative insights from genomic, transcriptomic, and phenomic analysis of clinical strains resistant to all four major classes of antifungal drugs.

ABSTRACT: The global epidemic of drug-resistant Candida auris continues unabated. The initial report on pan-drug resistant (PDR) C. auris strains in a hospitalized patient in New York was unprecedented. PDR C. auris showed both known and unique mutations in the prominent gene targets of azoles, amphotericin B, echinocandins, and flucytosine. However, the factors that allow C. auris to acquire pan-drug resistance are not known. Therefore, we conducted a genomic, transcriptomic, and phenomic analysis to better understand PDR C. auris. Among 1,570 genetic variants in drug-resistant C. auris, 299 were unique to PDR strains. The whole-genome sequencing results suggested perturbations in genes associated with nucleotide biosynthesis, mRNA processing, and nuclear e

SUBMITTER: Rhodes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459930 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature