Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Morales-López, Soraya E. ; Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M. ; Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés ; Martínez, Heidys P. ; Rodríguez, Gerson J. ; Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A. ; Rodríguez, José Y.
• Description:
  Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that causes a wide range of symptoms. We report finding 17 cases of C. auris infection that were originally misclassified but correctly identified 27.5 days later on average. Patients with a delayed diagnosis of C. auris had a 30-day mortality rate of 35.2%.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Antifungal Agents Candida Candidiasis, Invasive Child Child, Preschool Delayed Diagnosis Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal Female Fungemia Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Middle Aged Survival Analysis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(1):162-164.
• Pubmed ID:
  27983941
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5176232
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colombia
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7c942b41224564c5404e9636012896bc236c3a2811abaf67ae68bd465a300642
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43553/cdc_43553_DS1.pdf
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