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Multicenter Candida auris outbreak caused by azole-susceptible clade IV in Pernambuco, Brazil.
Mycoses - 1 Jun 2024
Spruijtenburg Bram, Nobrega de Almeida Júnior João, Ribeiro Felipe de Camargo, Kemmerich Karoline Kristina, Baeta Karla, Meijer Eelco F J, de Groot Theun, Meis Jacques F, Colombo Arnaldo Lopes
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BACKGROUND: Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast, frequently causing outbreaks in health care facilities. The pathogen persistently colonises human skin and inanimate surfaces such as catheters, aiding to its spread. Moreover, colonisation is a risk factor to develop invasive infection. OBJECTIVES: We investigated 61 C. auris strains isolated from non-sterile human body sites (n = 53) and the...
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