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Volume 32, Number 9—September 2026

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Wickerhamomyces anomalus Pseudo-Outbreak Associated with Medical Lubricating Gel, South Africa, 2023–2024

Caroline MalulekaComments to Author , Husna Ismail, Liliwe Shuping, Ruth Mpembe, Gift Sandhleni, Serisha Naicker, Tsidiso Maphanga, and Nelesh P. Govender
Author affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (C. Maluleka, H. Ismail, L. Shuping, R. Mpembe, G. Sandhleni, S. Naicker, T. Maphanga, N.P. Govender); University of Witwatersrand School of Pathology, Johannesburg (C. Maluleka, L. Shuping, T. Maphanga, N.P. Govender)

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Whole-genome SNP phylogeny of Wickerhamomyces anomalus clinical, gel, surveillance, and reference isolates, South Africa. Red box indicates cluster 1; blue box indicates cluster 2. Scale bar indicates mean number of nucleotide substitutions per variable site. Node values represent ultrafast bootstrap support percentages based on 1,000 replicates. GA, Gauteng Province; KZ, KwaZulu–Natal Province; MP, Mpumalanga Province; NA, not applicable; NC, Northern Cape Province; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; NW, North West Province; WC, Western Cape Province; SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism; USA, United States.

Figure 2. Whole-genome SNP phylogeny of Wickerhamomyces anomalus clinical, gel, surveillance, and reference isolates, South Africa. Red box indicates cluster 1; blue box indicates cluster 2. Scale bar indicates mean number of nucleotide substitutions per variable site. Node values represent ultrafast bootstrap support percentages based on 1,000 replicates. GA, Gauteng Province; KZ, KwaZulu–Natal Province; MP, Mpumalanga Province; NA, not applicable; NC, Northern Cape Province; NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information; NW, North West Province; WC, Western Cape Province; SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism; USA, United States.

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