Candidaemia in a tertiary care centre of developing country: Monitoring possible change in spectrum of agents and antifungal susceptibility

Conclusion: Local epidemiology of candidaemia at our centre was distinct regarding prevalence and change of spectrum of species. The identification of rare species was possible after the introduction of MALDI-TOF. With the emergence of multidrug-resistant C. auris and resistance in other species, routine AFST has become imperative.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - July 24, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Harsimran Kaur Shreya Singh Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy Anup Kumar Ghosh Muralidharan Jayashree Yaddanapudi Narayana Pallab Ray Arunaloke Chakrabarti Source Type: research