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. 2017 May 19;66(19):514-515.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6619a7.

Notes from the Field: Ongoing Transmission of Candida auris in Health Care Facilities - United States, June 2016-May 2017

Sharon Tsay, Rory M Welsh, Eleanor H Adams, Nancy A Chow, Lalitha Gade, Elizabeth L Berkow, Eugenie Poirot, Emily Lutterloh, Monica Quinn, Sudha Chaturvedi, Janna Kerins, Stephanie R Black, Sarah K Kemble, Patricia M Barrett; MSD; Kerri Barton, D J Shannon, Kristy Bradley, Shawn R Lockhart, Anastasia P Litvintseva, Heather Moulton-Meissner, Alicia Shugart, Alex Kallen, Snigdha Vallabhaneni, Tom M Chiller, Brendan R Jackson

Notes from the Field: Ongoing Transmission of Candida auris in Health Care Facilities - United States, June 2016-May 2017

Sharon Tsay et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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Number of health care–associated cases of Candida auris infection reported to CDC (N = 77) — seven states, May 2013–May 2017
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