The Second Candida auris Isolate from Aural Discharge in Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 22;71(2):174-175. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.466. Epub 2018 Feb 28.

Authors

Shigekazu Iguchi¹, Ryo Mizushima¹, Keisuke Kamada¹, Yasutomo Itakura¹, Atsushi Yoshida¹, Yutaka Uzawa¹, Yuko Arai¹, Miyako Takaoka², Sumie Sato², Aeko Goto², Toshiko Karasawa², Naoki Tsuruoka², Daisuke Totsuka³, Erika Ono³, Manabu Nonaka³, Koichi Makimura⁴, Ken Kikuchi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
³ Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Women's Medical University.
⁴ Laboratory of Space and Environment Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Teikyo University.

PMID: 29491246
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2017.466

No abstract available

Keywords: Candida auris; identification method; infection control; phylogenetic analysis; treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
Candida / classification
Candida / drug effects
Candida / isolation & purification*
Candidiasis / drug therapy
Ear, Middle / microbiology*
Humans
Japan

Substances

Antifungal Agents