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.
Keywords: California; Candida; Candida auris; Los Angeles; United States; antimicrobial resistance; clade III; fungal infections; fungi; genomic characterization; outbreak; yeast.