A research group from the Medical Mycology Research Center Hachioji Campusconducted a demonstration test at the US CDC to commercialize the rapid detection method LAMPAuris for Candida auris.

A research group including Mikatomo Yamamoto, Teaching Associate the Department Pediatrics at Teikyo University School of Medicine, Masakazu Mimaki, Professor, Muhammad Mahdi Al-Shahni, Assistant Professor professor at the University's Medical Mycology Research Center, Aya Komori, research assistant, and Koichi Makimura, Professor, conducted a demonstration test of "LAMPAuris," a method for rapid and accurate detection of the multidrug-resistant fungus Candida auris. ^* The results were published in Mycopathology, an international medical mycology journal published by the Nature Group, on September 23, 2024.

• * LAMPAuris method: A genetic diagnostic method that uses the LAMP (Loop-mediated isothermal amplification) method to rapidly and sensitively detect only trace amounts of Candida auris DNA at a constant temperature.

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