New publication: the growing threat of Candida parapsilosis outbreaks

Candida parapsilosis is emerging as a growing threat for hospitalized patients. In our study, we investigated an outbreak of multi-drug resistant hospital-acquired infections of this fungus and developed a new molecular detection method that can quickly and cost-effectively differentiate strains of C. parapsilosis.

The study was published in The Lancet Microbe, with leading contributions by PhD student Phillip, and great collaboration with the NRZMyk (h/t Grit Walther) and experts from the Paulinen Hospital and diagnostic laboratories in Berlin.

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The full article is available here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.07.012