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Anuradha Chowdhary

Anuradha Chowdhary

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Microbiology
India
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
85
Citations
24502
World Ranking
882
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in India Leader Award
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)
  • Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Overview

Anuradha Chowdhary is affiliated with the University of Delhi in India and has contributed extensively to the field of medical mycology and infectious diseases. Their research primarily focuses on antifungal resistance, fungal infections, and related epidemiological studies.

Chowdhary's recent publications include work on critical issues such as multidrug-resistant fungal infections and environmental studies of pathogenic fungi. Key papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Infections in Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease Patients, India, April-July 2020 (2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chowdhary are:

  • Ashutosh Singh
  • Jacques F. Meis
  • Kusum Jain
  • Raju Shivarathri
  • Sybren de Hoog

Chowdhary has published multiple papers in several key scientific venues, including:

  • Medical Mycology
  • mBio
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Journal of Fungi
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

The main fields of study covered in their research are within Medicine, with significant contributions in the subfields of:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Cell Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Small Animals

The primary topics of research include:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal infections and studies
  • Plant pathogens and fungal diseases
  • Nail diseases and treatments
  • Infectious diseases and mycology
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Probiotics and fermented foods

Anuradha Chowdhary has been recognized as a Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), indicating engagement with the broader mycological research community.

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris on 3 Continents Confirmed by Whole-Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Analyses

    Shawn R. Lockhart;Kizee A. Etienne;Snigdha Vallabhaneni;Joveria Farooqi

  • First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital

    Silke Schelenz;Ferry Hagen;Johanna L. Rhodes;Alireza Abdolrasouli

  • ESCMID† and ECMM‡ joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis 2013

    O.A. Cornely;S. Arikan-Akdagli;E. Dannaoui;A.H. Groll

  • Candida auris: A rapidly emerging cause of hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant fungal infections globally.

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Cheshta Sharma;Jacques F. Meis

  • Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Misidentified as Candida haemulonii: Characterization by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry and DNA Sequencing and Its Antifungal Susceptibility Profile Variability by Vitek 2, CLSI Broth Microdilution, and Etest Method

    Shallu Kathuria;Pradeep K. Singh;Cheshta Sharma;Anupam Prakash

  • A multicentre study of antifungal susceptibility patterns among 350 Candida auris isolates (2009-17) in India: role of the ERG11 and FKS1 genes in azole and echinocandin resistance.

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Anupam Prakash;Cheshta Sharma;Milena Kordalewska

  • Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: Can We Retain the Clinical Use of Mold-Active Antifungal Azoles?

    Paul E. Verweij;Anuradha Chowdhary;Willem J. G. Melchers;Jacques F. Meis

  • New clonal strain of Candida auris, Delhi, India

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Cheshta Sharma;Shalini Duggal;Kshitij Agarwal

  • ESCMID and ECMM joint guidelines on diagnosis and management of hyalohyphomycosis: Fusarium spp., Scedosporium spp. and others

    A.M. Tortorano;M. Richardson;E. Roilides;A. van Diepeningen

  • Emergence of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus Strains due to Agricultural Azole Use Creates an Increasing Threat to Human Health

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Shallu Kathuria;Jianping Xu;Jacques F. Meis

  • Multidrug-resistant endemic clonal strain of Candida auris in India

    A.a Chowdhary;V.b Anil Kumar;C.a Sharma;A.a Prakash

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of rare mould infections: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology and the American Society for Microbiology

    Martin Hoenigl;Jon Salmanton-García;Thomas J. Walsh;Thomas J. Walsh;Marcio Nucci

  • ESCMID and ECMM joint clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of systemic phaeohyphomycosis: diseases caused by black fungi

    A. Chowdhary;J. F. Meis;J. Guarro;G. S. de Hoog

  • International expert opinion on the management of infection caused by azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Paul E. Verweij;Michelle Ananda-Rajah;David Andes;Maiken C. Arendrup

  • Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Infections in Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease Patients, India, April-July 2020.

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Bansidhar Tarai;Ashutosh Singh;Amit Sharma

  • Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, resistance, and treatment of infections by Candida auris .

    Andrea Cortegiani;Giovanni Misseri;Teresa Fasciana;Anna Giammanco

  • Spectrum of fungal keratitis in North India.

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Kirti Singh

  • High terbinafine resistance in Trichophyton interdigitale isolates in Delhi, India harbouring mutations in the squalene epoxidase gene.

    Ashutosh Singh;Aradhana Masih;Ananta Khurana;Pradeep Kumar Singh

  • Clinical implications of globally emerging azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Jacques F. Meis;Anuradha Chowdhary;Johanna L. Rhodes;Matthew C. Fisher

  • Azole-Resistant Aspergillosis: Epidemiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Treatment.

    Anuradha Chowdhary;Cheshta Sharma;Jacques F Meis

  • Comparison of EUCAST and CLSI Reference Microdilution MICs of Eight Antifungal Compounds for Candida auris and Associated Tentative Epidemiological Cutoff Values.

    Maiken Cavling Arendrup;Maiken Cavling Arendrup;Anupam Prakash;Joseph Meletiadis;Joseph Meletiadis;Cheshta Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Ferry Hagen
Ferry Hagen Utrecht University
Maiken Cavling Arendrup
Maiken Cavling Arendrup Statens Serum Institut
Arunaloke Chakrabarti
Arunaloke Chakrabarti Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Jianping Xu
Jianping Xu McMaster University
Paul E. Verweij
Paul E. Verweij Radboud University
Eric Dannaoui
Eric Dannaoui Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou
Teun Boekhout
Teun Boekhout University of Amsterdam
Hamid Badali
Hamid Badali The University of Texas at San Antonio
Arnaldo Lopes Colombo
Arnaldo Lopes Colombo Federal University of Sao Paulo

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