Decreasing fluconazole susceptibility of clinical South African Cryptococcus neoformans isolates over a decade

• Serisha D. Naicker ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: serishan@nicd.ac.za

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4445-1482

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• Ruth S. Mpembe,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Tsidiso G. Maphanga,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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• Thokozile G. Zulu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Daniel Desanto,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Jeannette Wadula,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Microbiology Laboratory, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Nomonde Mvelase,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Department of Medical Microbiology, RK Khan Hospital, Durban, South Africa

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• Caroline Maluleka,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Microbiology Laboratory, Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Kessendri Reddy,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Microbiology Laboratory, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-9764

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• Halima Dawood,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Microbiology Laboratory, Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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• Motlatji Maloba,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Health Laboratory Service, Department of Medical Microbiology, Universitas Academic Laboratory Complex, Bloemfontein, South Africa

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• Nelesh P. Govender,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• for GERMS-SA

  ¶Membership of the GERMS-SA working group is listed in the Acknowledgments^.

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