Pan-azole-resistant Candida tropicalis carrying homozygous erg11 mutations at position K143R: a new emerging superbug?

Objectives: Candidaemia is a public health problem mainly in hospitalized individuals worldwide. In Brazil, Candida albicans is the most prevalent species that causes candidaemia, followed by Candida tropicalis and Candida parapsilosis . Few data on the abundance of antifungal resistance are available for Latin America.