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Candida auris: A harbinger of further dangerous fungal species?
Source: Phys.org · Published
Why has the yeast Candida auris become a dangerous pathogen worldwide in just a few years? This question is on the minds of many researchers. Carla Schuh and Chaitanya Gokhale from the Biocentre at the University of Würzburg have now summarized the current state of knowledge in a review article in the journal mSphere. To that end, they analyzed around 180 studies by other researchers.
Key points
- Why has the yeast Candida auris become a dangerous pathogen worldwide in just a few years?
- This question is on the minds of many researchers.
- Carla Schuh and Chaitanya Gokhale from the Biocentre at the University of Würzburg have now summarized the current state of knowledge in a review article in the journal mSphere.
- To that end, they analyzed around 180 studies by other researchers.
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