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