Sentinel Case of Candida auris in the Western United States Following Prolonged Occult Colonization in a Returned Traveler from India | Zendy

Michael H. Woodworth | Zendy; David Dynerman | Zendy; Emily Crawford | Zendy; Sarah B. Doernberg | Zendy; Lynn Ramírez-Àvila | Zendy; Paula Hayakawa Serpa | Zendy; Amy Nichols | Zendy; Lucy M. Li | Zendy; Amy Lyden | Zendy; Cristina M. Tato | Zendy; Steve Miller | Zendy; Joseph L. DeRisi | Zendy; Charles Langelier | Zendy

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Sentinel Case of Candida auris in the Western United States Following Prolonged Occult Colonization in a Returned Traveler from India

Author(s) -

Michael H. Woodworth,

David Dynerman,

Emily Crawford,

Sarah B. Doernberg,

Lynn Ramírez-Àvila,

Paula Hayakawa Serpa,

Amy Nichols,

Lucy M. Li,

Amy Lyden,

Cristina M. Tato,

Steve Miller,

Joseph L. DeRisi,

Charles Langelier

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

microbial drug resistance

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1931-8448

pISSN - 1076-6294

DOI - 10.1089/mdr.2018.0408

Subject(s) - candida auris , occult , clade , colonization , antifungal , phylogenetic tree , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , genetics , pathology , gene , alternative medicine

Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast with high mortality. We report the sentinel C. auris case on the United States West Coast in a patient who relocated from India. We identified close phylogenetic relatedness to the South Asia clade and ERG11 Y132F and FKS1 S639Y mutations potentially explaining antifungal resistance.

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