Tag: Drug resistant candida

Emergence of the New Menace! Candida Auris and the Rise of MDR Yeasts.

Ear yeast! That is the translation of Candida auris. It was discovered by isolation from an ear infection in an elderly patient in Japan in 2009 and since then it has been isolated in places such as India, southeast Asia and several parts of south America (1-4):  One of the defining characteristics is its resistance

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