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- Title
Genomic Characterizations of Clade III Lineage of Candida auris, California, USA.
- Authors
Price, Travis K.; Mirasol, Ruel; Ward, Kevin W.; Dayo, Ayrton J.; Hilt, Evann E.; Chandrasekaran, Sukantha; Garner, Omai B.; de St Maurice, Annabelle; Shangxin Yang; Yang, Shangxin
- Abstract
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast. We describe an ongoing C. auris outbreak that began in October 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA. We used genomic analysis to determine that isolates from 5 of 6 patients belonged to clade III; 4 isolates were closely related.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; CANDIDA; GENOMICS; YEAST; ANTIFUNGAL agents; CANDIDIASIS; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 4, p1223
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2704.204361