CDC's 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report: Drug-resistant Candida auris (C. auris)

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit .
• Description:
  Type: Fungus
  
  About: C. auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast. It can cause severe infections and spreads easily between hospitalized patients and nursing home residents.
  
  Clinical cases in 2018: 323
  
  This fact sheet is part of CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report.
  
  The full report, including data sources, is available at www.cdc.gov/DrugResistance/Biggest-Threats.html.
  
  CS298822-A
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  threats-report/candida-auris-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Infective Agents Antimicrobial Stewardship Candida Candidiasis Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Series:
  Antibiotic Resistance Threats Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ddc27a90042e80f6c0154958743e29b095559a135300682b886eb72750d57e4c737b3396ce46051e9d175dc71b9a13d76a97c77d6b21ac5f001fe5fab3a747cf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83753/cdc_83753_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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