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First report of sporadic cases of Candida auris in Colombia.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2018
Parra-Giraldo Claudia M, Valderrama Sandra L, Cortes-Fraile Gloria, Garzón Javier R, Ariza Beatriz E, Morio Florent, Linares-Linares Melva Y, Ceballos-Garzón Andrés, de la Hoz Alejandro, Hernandez Catalina, Alvarez-Moreno Carlos, Le Pape Patrice
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Candida auris is a recently reported Candida species that is phenotypically similar to Candida haemulonii and related to hospital outbreaks. This organism can be misidentified as Candida haemulonii, Candida famata, Candida catenulata, or Rhodotorula glutinis by phenotypic approaches. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and DNA sequence analysis...
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