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- Title
Fluconazole-Resistant Candida parapsilosis Bloodstream Isolates with Y132F Mutation in ERG11 Gene, South Korea.
- Authors
Yong Jun Choi; Yae-Jean Kim; Dongeun Yong; Jung-Hyun Byun; Taek Soo Kim; Yun Sil Chang; Min Ji Choi; Seung Ah Byeon; Eun Jeong Won; Soo Hyun Kim; Myung Geun Shin; Jong Hee Shin; Choi, Yong Jun; Kim, Yae-Jean; Yong, Dongeun; Byun, Jung-Hyun; Kim, Taek Soo; Chang, Yun Sil; Choi, Min Ji; Byeon, Seung Ah
- Abstract
We recently observed the emergence of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis bloodstream isolates harboring a Y132F substitution in Erg11p in South Korea. These Y132F isolates had a higher propensity to cause clonal transmission than other fluconazole-resistant isolates and persisted within hospitals for several years, as revealed by microsatellite typing.
- Subjects
FLUCONAZOLE; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCACEAE; VIRUS diseases; PATHOGENIC microorganisms
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 9, p1768
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.3201/eid2409.180625