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An outbreak due to Candida auris with prolonged colonisation and candidaemia in a tertiary care European hospital.
Mycoses - 1 Jul 2018
Ruiz-Gaitán Alba, Moret Ana M, Tasias-Pitarch María, Aleixandre-López Ana I, Martínez-Morel Héctor, Calabuig Eva, Salavert-Lletí Miguel, Ramírez Paula, López-Hontangas José L, Hagen Ferry, Meis Jacques F, Mollar-Maseres Juan, Pemán Javier
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug-resistant Candida auris has emerged as a cause of insidious hospital outbreaks and complicated infections. We present the analysis of an ongoing C. auris outbreak including the largest published series of C. auris bloodstream infection. All C. auris-positive patients from April-2016 to January-2017 were included. Environmental, clinical and microbiological data were recorded. Definitive isolate...
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