Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, many patients who were severely ill were colonized and infected by Candida auris, an invasive multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen that spreads through nosocomial transmission within healthcare facilities. Here, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of these...

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Main Authors: Abid, Fatma Ben, Salah, Husam, Sundararaju, Sathyavathi, Dalil, Lamya, Abdelwahab, Ayman H., Salameh, Sarah, Ibrahim, Emad B., Almaslmani, Muna A., Tang, Patrick, Perez-Lopez, Andres, Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1740582024-06-27T01:37:00Z Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs Abid, Fatma Ben Salah, Husam Sundararaju, Sathyavathi Dalil, Lamya Abdelwahab, Ayman H. Salameh, Sarah Ibrahim, Emad B. Almaslmani, Muna A. Tang, Patrick Perez-Lopez, Andres Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) National Center for Infectious Diseases Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Candida auris COVID-19 During the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, many patients who were severely ill were colonized and infected by Candida auris, an invasive multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen that spreads through nosocomial transmission within healthcare facilities. Here, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of these C. auris isolates and the mechanisms associated with antifungal drug resistance. Published version This study was funded by the Sidra Medicine Internal Research Grant (SDR_200052 to A.P.-L. and K.M.T.) and supported by the Medical Research Centre at Hamad Medical Corporation (MRC01019-420 to F.B.A.). 2024-03-13T01:44:15Z 2024-03-13T01:44:15Z 2023 Journal Article Abid, F. B., Salah, H., Sundararaju, S., Dalil, L., Abdelwahab, A. H., Salameh, S., Ibrahim, E. B., Almaslmani, M. A., Tang, P., Perez-Lopez, A. & Tsui, C. K. (2023). Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 29(8), 1083.e1-1083.e7. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.04.025 1198-743X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174058 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.04.025 37116861 2-s2.0-85160342775 8 29 1083.e1 1083.e7 en Clinical Microbiology and Infection © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). application/pdf
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country Singapore
Singapore
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language English
topic Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Candida auris
COVID-19
spellingShingle Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Candida auris
COVID-19
Abid, Fatma Ben
Salah, Husam
Sundararaju, Sathyavathi
Dalil, Lamya
Abdelwahab, Ayman H.
Salameh, Sarah
Ibrahim, Emad B.
Almaslmani, Muna A.
Tang, Patrick
Perez-Lopez, Andres
Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming
Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
description During the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, many patients who were severely ill were colonized and infected by Candida auris, an invasive multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen that spreads through nosocomial transmission within healthcare facilities. Here, we investigated the molecular epidemiology of these C. auris isolates and the mechanisms associated with antifungal drug resistance.
author2 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
author_facet Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
Abid, Fatma Ben
Salah, Husam
Sundararaju, Sathyavathi
Dalil, Lamya
Abdelwahab, Ayman H.
Salameh, Sarah
Ibrahim, Emad B.
Almaslmani, Muna A.
Tang, Patrick
Perez-Lopez, Andres
Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming
format Article
author Abid, Fatma Ben
Salah, Husam
Sundararaju, Sathyavathi
Dalil, Lamya
Abdelwahab, Ayman H.
Salameh, Sarah
Ibrahim, Emad B.
Almaslmani, Muna A.
Tang, Patrick
Perez-Lopez, Andres
Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming
author_sort Abid, Fatma Ben
title Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
title_short Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
title_full Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
title_fullStr Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
title_full_unstemmed Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
title_sort molecular characterization of candida auris outbreak isolates in qatar from patients with covid-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs
publishDate 2024
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174058
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