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  • Authors: Sean X. Zhang1, Nathan P. Wiederhold2
  • Editors: Randall T. Hayden3, Donna M. Wolk4, Karen C. Carroll5, Yi-Wei Tang6
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    Affiliations: 1: Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287; 2: Departments of Pathology and Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229; 3: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; 4: Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA; 5: Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD; 6: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY
    • Source: microbiolspec July 2016 vol. 4 no. 4 doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.DMIH2-0030-2016
  • Received 22 April 2016 Accepted 25 April 2016 Published 01 July 2016
  • Sean X. Zhang, [email protected]
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    Yeasts are unicellular organisms that reproduce mostly by budding and less often by fission. Most medically important yeasts originate from Ascomycota or Basidiomycota. Here, we review taxonomy, epidemiology, disease spectrum, antifungal drug susceptibility patterns of medically important yeast, laboratory diagnosis, and diagnostic strategies.

  • Citation: Zhang S, Wiederhold N. 2016. Yeasts. Microbiol Spectrum 4(4):DMIH2-0030-2016. doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.DMIH2-0030-2016.

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Yeasts are unicellular organisms that reproduce mostly by budding and less often by fission. Most medically important yeasts originate from Ascomycota or Basidiomycota. Here, we review taxonomy, epidemiology, disease spectrum, antifungal drug susceptibility patterns of medically important yeast, laboratory diagnosis, and diagnostic strategies.

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Citation: Zhang S, Wiederhold N. 2016. Yeasts. microbiolspec 4(4): doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.DMIH2-0030-2016
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CLSI clinical breakpoints against spp.

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CLSI clinical breakpoints against spp.

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EUCAST clinical breakpoints against spp.

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EUCAST clinical breakpoints against spp.

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