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Multicenter Study
. 2017 Jan;23(1):162-164.
doi: 10.3201/eid2301.161497.

Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia

Soraya E Morales-López, Claudia M Parra-Giraldo, Andrés Ceballos-Garzón, Heidys P Martínez, Gerson J Rodríguez, Carlos A Álvarez-Moreno, José Y Rodríguez
Multicenter Study

Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia

Soraya E Morales-López et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that causes a wide range of symptoms. We report finding 17 cases of C. auris infection that were originally misclassified but correctly identified 27.5 days later on average. Patients with a delayed diagnosis of C. auris had a 30-day mortality rate of 35.2%.

Keywords: Americas; Candida auris; Colombia; Etest; VITEK; antimicrobial resistance; candidemia; fungemia; fungi.

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