Molecular Typing and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida viswanathii, India

Molecular Typing and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida viswanathii, India

We report invasive candidiasis caused by Candida viswanathii over 2 time periods during 2013-2015 in a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, India. Molecular typing revealed multiple clusters of the isolates. We detected high MICs for fluconazole in the second time period.

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 10; pp. 1956 - 1958
Main Authors: Shankarnarayan, Shamanth A, Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M, Chakrabarti, Arunaloke, Shaw, Dipika, Paul, Saikat, Sethuraman, Nandini, Kaur, Harsimran, Ghosh, Anup K
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Language:English
Published: 01-10-2018
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Summary:We report invasive candidiasis caused by Candida viswanathii over 2 time periods during 2013-2015 in a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, India. Molecular typing revealed multiple clusters of the isolates. We detected high MICs for fluconazole in the second time period.
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ISSN:1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2410.180801