Diagnostic Allele-Specific PCR for the Identification of Candida auris Clades.

ABSTRACT: Candida auris is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast that emerged worldwide during the past decade. This fungal pathogen poses a significant public health threat due to common multidrug resistance (MDR), alarming hospital outbreaks, and frequent misidentification. Genomic analyses have identified five distinct clades that are linked to five geographic areas of origin and characterized by differences in several phenotypic traits such as virulence and drug resistance. Typing of C. auris strains and the identification of clades can be a powerful tool in molecular epidemiology and might be of clinical importance by estimating outbreak and MDR potential. As C. auris has caused global outbreaks, including in low-income countries, typing C. auris strains quickly and inexpensively is highly valuable

SUBMITTER: Carolus H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8471779 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature