Molecular Typing and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida viswanathii, India

Abstract

We report invasive candidiasis caused by Candida viswanathii over 2 time periods during 2013–2015 in a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, India. Molecular typing revealed multiple clusters of the isolates. We detected high MICs for fluconazole in the second time period.

Keywords

• Candida viswanathii
• fluconazole resistance
• invasive candidiasis
• emerging fungal infection
• molecular typing
• fungi