TY - JOUR
T1 - Invasive infections with multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris, Colombia
AU - Morales-López, Soraya E.
AU - Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M.
AU - Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés
AU - Martínez, Heidys P.
AU - Rodríguez, Gerson J.
AU - Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
AU - Rodríguez, José Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - 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%.
AB - 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%.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid2301.161497
DO - 10.3201/eid2301.161497
M3 - Letter
C2 - 27983941
AN - SCOPUS:85006372337
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 23
SP - 162
EP - 164
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 1
ER -
