Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–20181

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Park, Jenny YeiSol ; Bradley, Nicole ; Brooks, Steven ; Burney, Sibte ; Wassner, Chanie
• Description:
  Candida auris is an emerging fungus that can cause invasive infections. It is associated with high mortality rates and resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs and is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods. We describe the management and outcomes of 9 patients with C. auris fungemia in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
• Subjects:
  Antifungal Agents Candida Candidiasis/Drug Therapy Candidiasis/Epidemiology Candidiasis/History Candidiasis/Microbiology Cross Infection/Drug Therapy Cross Infection/Epidemiology Cross Infection/History Cross Infection/Microbiology Disease Management Drug Resistance, Fungal Fungemia History, 21St Century Hospitals, Community Humans Public Health Surveillance

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(3):601-602
• Pubmed ID:
  30789336
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6390749
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article ; Letter
• Place as Subject:
  New York City, NY
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:82ed3086441ff726e56982da869f50747b1b9e415d2aa557c527deba2bcdab14
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/76643/cdc_76643_DS1.pdf
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