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Cheshta Sharma
Researcher at University of Delhi
Publications - 33
Citations - 3475
Cheshta Sharma is an academic researcher from University of Delhi. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aspergillus fumigatus & Candida auris. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 31 publications receiving 2873 citations.
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Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally.
TL;DR: Alarmingly, in a span of only 7 years, this yeast, which is difficult to treat and displays clonal interand intra-hospital transmission, has become widespread across several countries, causing a broad range of healthcare-associated invasive infections.
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Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Misidentified as Candida haemulonii: Characterization by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry and DNA Sequencing and Its Antifungal Susceptibility Profile Variability by Vitek 2, CLSI Broth Microdilution, and Etest Method
Shallu Kathuria,Pradeep Kumar Singh,Cheshta Sharma,Anupam Prakash,Aradhana Masih,Anil Kumar,Jacques F. Meis,Anuradha Chowdhary +7 more
TL;DR: A cautionary approach is recommended for laboratories relying on commercial systems for identification and antifungal susceptibility testing of rare yeasts, as 90% of the isolates characterized by commercial identification systems are misidentified as C. auris.
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A multicentre study of antifungal susceptibility patterns among 350 Candida auris isolates (2009-17) in India: role of the ERG11 and FKS1 genes in azole and echinocandin resistance.
Anuradha Chowdhary,Anupam Prakash,Cheshta Sharma,Milena Kordalewska,Anil Kumar,Smita Sarma,Bansidhar Tarai,Ashutosh Singh,Gargi Upadhyaya,Shalini Upadhyay,Priyanka Yadav,Pradeep Kumar Singh,Vikas Khillan,Neelam Sachdeva,David S. Perlin,Jacques F. Meis +15 more
TL;DR: The antifungal susceptibility of C. auris isolates from 10 hospitals in India collected over a period of 8 years was studied, finding that 25% and 13% of isolates were MDR and multi-azole resistant, respectively.
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New clonal strain of Candida auris, Delhi, India
Anuradha Chowdhary,Cheshta Sharma,Shalini Duggal,Kshitij Agarwal,Anupam Prakash,Pradeep K. Singh,Sarika Jain,Shallu Kathuria,Harbans S. Randhawa,Ferry Hagen,Jacques F. Meis +10 more
TL;DR: A new clonal strain of Candida auris is an emerging etiologic agent of fungemia in Delhi, India In 12 patients in 2 hospitals, it was resistant to fluconazole and genotypically distinct from isolates from South Korea and Japan, as revealed by M13 and amplified fragment length polymorphism typing as mentioned in this paper.
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Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India
Anuradha Chowdhary,V. Anil Kumar,Cheshta Sharma,Atish Prakash,Kshitij Agarwal,Ranjith Babu,K.R.b Dinesh,S.b Karim,S. K. Singh,Ferry Hagen,Jacques F. Meis +10 more
TL;DR: The present study demonstrates that C. auris is a potential emerging pathogen that can cause a wide spectrum of human mycotic infections.