Determinants of fluconazole resistance and echinocandin tolerance in C. parapsilosis isolates causing a large clonal candidemia outbreak among COVID-19 patients in a Brazilian ICU

Determinants of fluconazole resistance and echinocandin tolerance in C. parapsilosis isolates causing a large clonal candidemia outbreak among COVID-19 patients in a Brazilian ICU

Patients presenting with severe COVID-19 are predisposed to acquire secondary fungal infections such as COVID-19-associated candidemia (CAC), which are associated with poor clinical outcomes despite antifungal treatment. The extreme burden imposed on clinical facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Main Authors: Farnaz Daneshnia, João N. de Almeida Júnior, Amir Arastehfar, Lisa Lombardi, Erika Shor, Lis Moreno, Ana Verena Mendes, Maria Goreth Barberino, Danilo Thomaz Yamamoto, Geraldine Butler, David S. Perlin, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Candida parapsilosis
outbreak
candidemia
fluconazole resistance
echinocandin tolerance
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2022.2117093

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