Genomic epidemiology of Candida auris in a general hospital in Shenyang, China: a three-year surveillance study.

ABSTRACT: Candida auris is an emerging pathogenic fungal species found worldwide. Since April 2016, C. auris colonization/infection cases have been found in a general hospital in Shenyang, China. The genome-based phylogenetic studies of these isolates remain undefined. In the current study, the microbiological characteristics and antifungal susceptibility of these C. auris isolates, which were collected in Shenyang during the three-year period (2016-2018), were investigated. Whole-genome sequencing was applied to investigate the genetic variation and molecular epidemiological characteristics. A total of 93 C. auris isolates, including 92 clinical isolates and 1 environmental screening isolate were identified. Among the investigated wards, the C. auris cases were th

SUBMITTER: Tian S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8183536 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature