The First Two Cases of Candida auris in The Netherlands

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• Alternative Title:
  J Fungi (Basel)
• Personal Author:
  Vogelzang, Erik H. ; Weersink, Annemarie J.L. ; van Mansfeld, Rosa ; Chow, Nancy A. ; Meis, Jacques F. ; van Dijk, Karin
• Description:
  is a rapidly emerging multidrug-resistant pathogenic yeast. In recent years, an increasing number of | invasive infections and colonized patients have been reported, and | has been associated with hospital outbreaks worldwide, mainly in intensive care units (ICUs). Here, we describe the first two cases of | in The Netherlands. Both cases were treated in a healthcare facility in India prior to admission. The patients were routinely placed in contact precautions in a single room after admission, which is common practice in The Netherlands for patients with hospitalization outside The Netherlands. No transmission of | was noticed in both hospitals. Routine admission screening both for multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and MDR yeasts should be considered for patients admitted from foreign hospitals or countries with reported | transmission.
• Subjects:
  Candida Auris Case Report Emergence Infection Prevention Molecular Typing
• Source:
  J Fungi (Basel). 2019; 5(4)
• Pubmed ID:
  31574934
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6958366
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:54510fa6194069fe4344bac9e3393d960988b77631338a060849406e3d71ca85
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/89751/cdc_89751_DS1.pdf
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