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

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

Universidad Popular del Cesar
Universidad Javeriana
Centro de Investigaciones Microbiológicas del Cesar (CIMCE)
Clínica Laura Daniela
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Clínica Universitaria Colombia

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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%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-164
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161497
State	Published - Jan 2017

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