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Genomic Characterizations of Clade III Lineage of Candida auris, California, USA - Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
- Price, Travis K;
- Mirasol, Ruel;
- Ward, Kevin W;
- Dayo, Ayrton J;
- Hilt, Evann E;
- Chandrasekaran, Sukantha;
- Garner, Omai B;
- de St Maurice, Annabelle;
- Yang, Shangxin
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https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204361Abstract
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.
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