Investigation of multi-drug resistant Candida auris using species-specific molecular markers in immunocompromised patients from a tertiary care hospital in Quetta, Pakistan

• Hira Ejaz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hira Ejaz, Muhammad Mushtaq

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

  * E-mail: hiraejaz87@gmail.com (HE); muhammad.mushtaq@buitms.edu.pk (MM)

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics (FLS&I), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balili, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Mushtaq ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hira Ejaz, Muhammad Mushtaq

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hiraejaz87@gmail.com (HE); muhammad.mushtaq@buitms.edu.pk (MM)

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics (FLS&I), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balili, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7585-2644

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• Shereen Khan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan

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• Nasir Azim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan

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• Abrar Hussain ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics (FLS&I), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balili, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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• Kaleemullah Kakar ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics (FLS&I), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balili, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Zubair Khan ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, BUITEMS, Takatu Campus, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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• Ayisha Hafeez ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics (FLS&I), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balili, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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• Syed Moeezullah

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  ¶‡These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics (FLS&I), Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), Balili, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

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