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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun;21(6):1091-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid2106.150270.

Candida auris candidemia in Kuwait, 2014

Maha Emara, Suhail Ahmad, Ziauddin Khan, Leena Joseph, Ina'm Al-Obaid, Prashant Purohit, Ritu Bafna
Case Reports

Candida auris candidemia in Kuwait, 2014

Maha Emara et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Candida auris; Kuwait; Middle East; bloodstream pathogen; candidemia; fungi; nosocomial.

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