Blood and intra-abdominal Candida spp. from a multicentre study conducted in Madrid using EUCAST: emergence of fluconazole resistance in Candida parapsilosis, low echinocandin resistance and absence of Candida auris.

Judith Díaz-GarcíaAna GómezMarina MachadoLuis AlcaláElena ReigadasCarlos Sánchez-CarrilloAna Pérez-AyalaElia Gómez-García De La PedrosaFernando González-RomoMaría Soledad CuétaraCoral García-EstebanInmaculada Quiles-MeleroNelly Daniela ZuritaMaría Muñoz-AlgarraMaría Teresa Durán-ValleAída Sánchez-GarcíaPatricia Muñoz Pilar Escribano Jesus Vicente Guineanull null

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)

Whereas no C. auris isolates were detected, fluconazole-resistant C. parapsilosis isolates have been spreading across the region and this has pulled up the rate of fluconazole resistance. In contrast, the rate of echinocandin resistance continues to be low.

Keyphrases

candida albicans
biofilm formation
magnetic resonance
computed tomography
escherichia coli
genetic diversity
cystic fibrosis