Invasive candida infections are significant infections that may occur in vulnerable patients with high rates of mortality or morbidity. Drug-resistance rates also appear to be on the rise which further complicate treatment options and outcomes. The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence, molecular epidemiology, and genetic features of bloodstream isolates in a hospital setting.
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Kodamaea ohmeri is a rarely occurring yeast that can cause human infections. We describe the whole-genome sequence of a K. ohmeri clinical blood isolate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo characterize members of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex, with an emphasis on the correlation between species identification and clarithromycin associated genetic polymorphisms that contribute to inducible and constitutive macrolide resistance. PCR and sequencing analysis was used to elucidate the subspecies, erm(41) genotypes and the presence of rrl mutations. M.
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