TY - JOUR
AU - Choi, Yong Jun
AU - Kim, Yae-Jean
AU - Yong, Dongeun
AU - Byun, Jung-Hyun
AU - Kim, Taek Soo
AU - Chang, Yun Sil
AU - Choi, Min Ji
AU - Byeon, Seung Ah
AU - Won, Eun Jeong
AU - Kim, Soo Hyun
AU - Shin, Myung Geun
AU - Shin, Jong Hee
T1 - Fluconazole-Resistant Candida parapsilosis Bloodstream Isolates with Y132F Mutation in ERG11 Gene, South Korea
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2018
VL - 24
IS - 9
SP - 1768
SN - 1080-6059
AB - We recently observed the emergence of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis bloodstream isolates harboring a Y132F substitution in Erg11p in South Korea. These Y132F isolates had a higher propensity to cause clonal transmission than other fluconazole-resistant isolates and persisted within hospitals for several years, as revealed by microsatellite typing.
KW - Candida parapsilosis
KW - fluconazole
KW - drug resistance
KW - fungi
KW - microsatellite marker
KW - candidemia
KW - antimicrobial resistance
KW - South Korea
DO - 10.3201/eid2409.180625
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/18-0625_article
ER - End of Reference