# A case series of Candidozyma auris in Viet Nam **Authors:** Van Phuc Pham, Nam Xuan Ha, Huan Thi Nguyen, Le Nguyen Minh Hoa, Dinh Phu Vu, Van Dinh Trang, H Rogier van Doorn, Pham Ngoc Thach PMC · DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-12690-3 · BMC Infectious Diseases · 2026-02-02 ## TL;DR This report documents the first cases of Candidozyma auris in northern Vietnam, highlighting its emergence as a health threat. ## Contribution The first documented cases of C. auris in northern Vietnam, emphasizing the need for further prevalence studies. ## Key findings - Six cases of C. auris were identified at a hospital in northern Vietnam between 2023 and 2024. - This is the first report of C. auris in the northern region of Vietnam. - The findings underscore the importance of conducting prevalence surveys to understand the burden of C. auris. ## Abstract Candidozyma auris is an emerging health threat, especially in healthcare settings due to its resistance to several classes of antifungals leading to high mortality. In Viet Nam, the burden of this fungal pathogen is unknown because of little available data. In this report, six cases with C. auris isolation between 2023 and 2024 at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, a tertiary referral hospital in northern Viet Nam, are described. Our findings highlight the first report of C. auris in the north of Viet Nam and underscore the importance of prevalence surveys in the future. ## Full-text entities - **Genes:** CALCA (calcitonin related polypeptide alpha) [NCBI Gene 796] {aka CALC1, CGRP, CGRP-I, CGRP-alpha, CGRP1, CT}, SLC17A5 (solute carrier family 17 member 5) [NCBI Gene 26503] {aka AST, ISSD, NSD, SD, SIALIN, SIASD}, CRP (C-reactive protein) [NCBI Gene 1401] {aka PTX1} - **Diseases:** autoimmune encephalitis (MESH:D020274), skin lesions (MESH:D012871), inflammatory (MESH:D007249), headache (MESH:D006261), critically ill (MESH:D016638), cardiac arrest (MESH:D006323), abdominal pain (MESH:D015746), swelling (MESH:D004487), meningitis (MESH:D008580), hepatitis B virus infection (MESH:D006509), acquired (MESH:D003638), dyspnea (MESH:D004417), C. auris (MESH:C000656864), oliguria (MESH:D009846), Klebsiella pneumoniae (MESH:D007710), jaundice (MESH:D007565), EUCAST (MESH:D013736), fatigue (MESH:D005221), stroke (MESH:D020521), pneumonia (MESH:D011014), opacities (MESH:D003318), nausea (MESH:D009325), multiorgan dysfunction (MESH:D009102), tibia fracture (MESH:C535563), hypotension (MESH:D007022), convulsions (MESH:D012640), fever (MESH:D005334), C. albicans (OMIM:211750), hypertension (MESH:D006973), died (MESH:D003643), alcoholic liver cirrhosis (MESH:D008104), NHTD (MESH:D003428), bacterial meningitis (MESH:D016920), rheumatoid arthritis (MESH:D001172), CLSI (MESH:D007757), Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection (MESH:D006561), cough (MESH:D003371), CAUTI (MESH:D014552), acute hepatic failure (MESH:D017114), Tropical Diseases (MESH:D015493), -acquired pneumonia (MESH:D000077299), encephalitis (MESH:D004660), Infection (MESH:D007239), chronic renal failure (MESH:D007676), impairment of respiratory function (MESH:D012120), hepatic encephalopathy (MESH:D006501), CAP (MESH:D003147), bacterial bloodstream infection (MESH:D018805), infectious diseases (MESH:D003141), fungal (MESH:D009181), septic shock (MESH:D012772) - **Chemicals:** ammonia (MESH:D000641), oxygen (MESH:D010100), bilirubin (MESH:D001663), vancomycin (MESH:D014640), ceftazidime (MESH:D002442), meropenem (MESH:D000077731), ertapenem (MESH:D000077727), acyclovir (MESH:D000212), echinocandin (MESH:D054714), Anidulafungin (MESH:D000077612), fosfomycin (MESH:D005578), hydrogen peroxide (MESH:D006861), CRRT (-), entecavir (MESH:C413685), linezolid (MESH:D000069349), dexamethasone (MESH:D003907), amphotericin B (MESH:D000666), ceftriaxone (MESH:D002443), rituximab (MESH:D000069283), doripenem (MESH:D000077726), imipenem (MESH:D015378), ampicillin- sulbactam (MESH:C035444), daptomycin (MESH:D017576), fluconazole (MESH:D015725), steroids (MESH:D013256), Caspofungin (MESH:D000077336), glucose (MESH:D005947) - **Species:** Candida albicans (species) [taxon 5476], Candidozyma auris (species) [taxon 498019], Klebsiella pneumoniae (species) [taxon 573], Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast, species) [taxon 4932], Pseudomonas aeruginosa (species) [taxon 287], Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (species) [taxon 40324], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Acinetobacter baumannii (species) [taxon 470] ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12952125/full.md ## References 2 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12952125/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12952125