Candida auris西IV

Bram Spruijtenburg1,2, João Nobrega de Almeida Júnior3,4, Felipe de Camargo Ribeiro3,4

  • 1Radboudumc-CWZ Center of Expertise for Mycology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Mycoses
|June 16, 2024
PubMed
概括

酵母菌Candida auris正在巴西殖民患者,但这些菌株仍然对常见的抗真菌药物敏感. 遗传分析显示,这些巴西Candida auris菌株是密切相关的,并且在IV类内是本土的.

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