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==Overview==
==Overview==
Candida auris is a fungus, recently described as a rare cause of fungal infection with significant resistance to antifungal medications.<ref name="pmid24357342">{{cite journal| author=Chowdhary A, Anil Kumar V, Sharma C, Prakash A, Agarwal K, Babu R et al.| title=Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 2014 | volume= 33 | issue= 6 | pages= 919-26 | pmid=24357342 | doi=10.1007/s10096-013-2027-1 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24357342  }} </ref>
* Candida auris is a fungus, recently described as a rare cause of fungal infection with significant resistance to antifungal medications.<ref name="pmid24357342">{{cite journal| author=Chowdhary A, Anil Kumar V, Sharma C, Prakash A, Agarwal K, Babu R et al.| title=Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India. | journal=Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis | year= 2014 | volume= 33 | issue= 6 | pages= 919-26 | pmid=24357342 | doi=10.1007/s10096-013-2027-1 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24357342  }} </ref>
* Candida auris isolates from north and south Indian hospitals, Japan and Korea were all found to be resistant to the antifungal medication fluconazole.




==References==
==References==
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Overview

  • Candida auris is a fungus, recently described as a rare cause of fungal infection with significant resistance to antifungal medications.[1]
  • Candida auris isolates from north and south Indian hospitals, Japan and Korea were all found to be resistant to the antifungal medication fluconazole.


References

  1. Chowdhary A, Anil Kumar V, Sharma C, Prakash A, Agarwal K, Babu R; et al. (2014). "Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India". Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 33 (6): 919–26. doi:10.1007/s10096-013-2027-1. PMID 24357342.