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. 2023 Sep 7;12(1):91.
doi: 10.1186/s13756-023-01297-x.

First report of Candida auris in Romania: clinical and molecular aspects

Adriana Mihaela Stanciu #  1   2 , Dragoș Florea  3   4 , Marius Surleac #  2 , Simona Paraschiv  1   2 , Dan Oțelea  2 , Daniela Tălăpan  1   2 , Gabriel Adrian Popescu  1   2
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First report of Candida auris in Romania: clinical and molecular aspects

Adriana Mihaela Stanciu et al. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. .

Abstract

The emerging opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida auris raises significant concerns for public health due to its outbreak potential, the associated high mortality, increased resistance to antifungals, challenging identification to species level, since commonly used diagnostic methods can confuse this fungus with other Candida spp. The present outbreak report describes probably some of the first Candida auris cases in Romania, providing clinical and epidemiological data, and also whole genome sequencing data. The cases were identified in three hospitals in Bucharest during the first eight months of 2022.

Keywords: Candida auris; Healthcare-associated infections.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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