Assessing routine diagnostic methods for detecting Candida auris in England

Affiliations

¹ Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Public Health England, United Kingdom. Electronic address: ashley.sharp@phe.gov.uk.
² UK National Mycology Reference Laboratory, Public Health England, United Kingdom.
³ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom.
⁴ Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
⁵ National Infection Service, Public Health England, United Kingdom.
⁶ Public Health Laboratory London, Public Health England, United Kingdom.
⁷ National Infection Service, Public Health England, United Kingdom; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

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Ashley Sharp et al. J Infect. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;77(5):448-454.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.07.012. Epub 2018 Jul 29.

¹ Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Public Health England, United Kingdom. Electronic address: ashley.sharp@phe.gov.uk.
² UK National Mycology Reference Laboratory, Public Health England, United Kingdom.
³ University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom.
⁴ Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
⁵ National Infection Service, Public Health England, United Kingdom.
⁶ Public Health Laboratory London, Public Health England, United Kingdom.
⁷ National Infection Service, Public Health England, United Kingdom; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

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First report of Candida auris in Oman: Clinical and microbiological description of five candidemia cases.
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