Fatal Breakthrough Candidemia in an Immunocompromised Patient in Kuwait Due to <i>Candida auris</i> Exhibiting Reduced Susceptibility to Echinocandins and Carrying a Novel Mutation in Hotspot-1 of <i>FKS1</i>.

Al-Obaid, Inaam; Asadzadeh, Mohammad; Ahmad, Suhail; Alobaid, Khaled; Alfouzan, Wadha; Bafna, Ritu; Emara, Maha; Joseph, Leena

Fatal Breakthrough Candidemia in an Immunocompromised Patient in Kuwait Due to Candida auris Exhibiting Reduced Susceptibility to Echinocandins and Carrying a Novel Mutation in Hotspot-1 of FKS1.

Al-Obaid, Inaam; Asadzadeh, Mohammad; Ahmad, Suhail; Alobaid, Khaled; Alfouzan, Wadha; Bafna, Ritu; Emara, Maha; Joseph, Leena.

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Al-Obaid I; Department of Microbiology, Al-Sabah Hospital, Shuwaikh 70031, Kuwait.
Asadzadeh M; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Ahmad S; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Alobaid K; Department of Microbiology, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya 46300, Kuwait.
Alfouzan W; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Bafna R; Department of Microbiology, Al-Sabah Hospital, Shuwaikh 70031, Kuwait.
Emara M; Department of Microbiology, Al-Sabah Hospital, Shuwaikh 70031, Kuwait.
Joseph L; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat 13110, Kuwait.

J Fungi (Basel) ; 8(3)2022 Mar 06.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35330269

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C. auris; S639T mutation; breakthrough candidemia; echinocandin resistance; hotspot-1 of FKS1; immunocompromised patient

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