A multicentre study of antifungal susceptibility patterns among 350 Candida auris isolates (2009–17) in India: role of the ERG11 and FKS1 genes in azole and echinocandin resistance

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Authors

Anuradha Chowdhary · University of Delhi

Anupam Prakash · University of Delhi

Cheshta Sharma · University of Delhi

Milena Kordalewska · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Anil Kumar · Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Smita Sarma · Medanta The Medicity

Bansidhar Tarai ·

Abstract

Overall, 25% and 13% of isolates were MDR and multi-azole resistant, respectively. The most common resistance combination was azoles and 5-flucytosine in 14% followed by azoles and amphotericin B in 7% and azoles and echinocandins in 2% of isolates.

Topics & Keywords

Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Fungal Infections and Studies Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volume 73, Issue 4, pp. 891-899

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx480

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