Potential Fifth Clade of Candida auris, Iran, 2018.

ABSTRACT: Four major clades of Candida auris have been described, and all infections have clustered in these 4 clades. We identified an isolate representative of a potential fifth clade, separated from the other clades by >200,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, in a patient in Iran who had never traveled outside the country.

SUBMITTER: Chow NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711235 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature