Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia

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...

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Autores principales: Morales-López, Soraya E., Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M., Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés, Martínez, Heidys P., Rodríguez, Gerson J., Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A., Rodríguez, José Y.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983941
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161497
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author Morales-López, Soraya E.
Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M.
Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés
Martínez, Heidys P.
Rodríguez, Gerson J.
Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
Rodríguez, José Y.
author_facet Morales-López, Soraya E.
Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M.
Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés
Martínez, Heidys P.
Rodríguez, Gerson J.
Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
Rodríguez, José Y.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-51762322017-01-01 Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia Morales-López, Soraya E. Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M. Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés Martínez, Heidys P. Rodríguez, Gerson J. Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A. Rodríguez, José Y. Emerg Infect Dis Letters to the Editor 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%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5176232/ /pubmed/27983941 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161497 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Letters to the Editor
Morales-López, Soraya E.
Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M.
Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés
Martínez, Heidys P.
Rodríguez, Gerson J.
Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.
Rodríguez, José Y.
Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia
title Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia
title_full Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia
title_fullStr Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia
title_short Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia
title_sort invasive infections with multidrug-resistant yeast candida auris, colombia
topic Letters to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983941
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161497
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