Clavispora lusitaniae ATCC 42720 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Clavispora lusitaniae ATCC 42720 (GCA_000003835)

Candida lusitaniae is a species of yeast in the genus Candida.

C. lusitaniae was first identified as a human pathogen in 1979.

C. lusitaniae was initially described as a rare cause of fungemia, with fewer than 30 cases reported between 1979 and 1990. However, there has been a marked increase in the number of recognized cases of candidemia due to this organism in the last two decades. Bone marrow transplantation and high-dose cytoreductive chemotherapy have both been identified as risk factors for infections with this organism. These patients are often neutropenic for extended periods of time, leaving them susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections, including Candidal infections. Some investigators have theorized that the widespread use of Amphotericin B empiric antifungal therapy selects for infections with Candida lusitaniae.

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Assembly

The assembly presented is the ASM383v1 assembly submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_000003835.1.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_000003835.1, with additional non-coding genes derived from Rfam. For more details, please visit INSDC annotation import.

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.