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Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
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Candida vulturna Outbreak Caused by Cluster of Multidrug-Resistant Strains, China

Han Du1, Jian Bing1, Xiaohong Xu1, Qiushi Zheng, Tianren Hu, Yajuan Hao, Shuping Li, Clarissa J. Nobile, Ping Zhan2Comments to Author , and Guanghua Huang2Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (H. Du, J. Bing, Q. Zheng, T. Hu, G. Huang); Sinopharm Tongmei General Hospital, Datong, China (X. Xu, Y. Hao, S. Li); University of California, Merced, California, USA (C.J. Nobile); Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China (P. Zhan)

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Table

Susceptibility profiles of Candida vulturna isolates from 19 infected patients to 9 antifungal drugs, Shanxi Province, China, January 1, 2019–October 26, 2022*

Patient no. Strain ID FLC VOC ITC POC CAS MFG AFG 5-FC AMB
C1 CVDH01 32 32 64 64 0.125 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C2 CVDH02 128 32 32 16 0.06 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C3 CVDH03 64 32 32 32 0.06 0.25 0.125 0.06 4
C4 CVDH04 128 32 16 16 0.125 0.5 0.06 0.06 4
C5 CVDH05 128 32 32 32 0.125 0.5 0.06 0.06 4
C6 CVDH06 128 32 32 32 0.125 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C7 CVDH07 256 64 64 64 0.06 0.25 0.125 0.06 4
C8 CVDH08 128 32 32 32 0.25 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C9 CVDH09 128 32 32 64 0.06 0.25 0.25 0.06 4
C10 CVDH10 128 32 16 16 0.125 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C11 CVDH11 256 64 64 64 0.125 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C12 CVDH12 128 32 64 64 0.06 0.25 0.125 0.06 4
C13 CVDH13 64 32 32 32 0.06 0.25 0.125 0.06 4
C14 CVDH14 64 16 32 32 0.03 0.5 0.03 0.06 4
C15 CVDH15 128 64 32 16 0.06 0.25 0.125 0.06 4
C16 CVDH16 128 32 64 32 0.125 0.5 0.125 0.06 4
C17 CVDH17 64 32 32 32 0.06 0.5 0.06 0.06 4
C18 CVDH18 64 8 32 32 0.06 0.5 0.06 0.06 4
C19 CVDH19 64 32 32 32 0.06 0.5 0.06 0.06 4

*MIC assays were performed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute microdilution guidelines. Bold text indicates antifungal resistance (based on the breakpoints for C. albicans). AFG, anidulafungin; AMB, amphotericin B; CAS, caspofungin; FLC, fluconazole; ITC, itraconazole; MFG, micafungin; POC, posaconazole; VOC, voriconazole; 5-FC, flucytosine.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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