Candida auris colonization in an immunocompetent patient: A new threat in medical ICU

Candida auris has become a great challenge in diagnostic, therapeutic and hospital environmental adaptation. With a prevalence of 5.3% in intensive care unit (ICU) acquired candidemia in India, its colonization is very rapid which hastens hospital transmission. Strict surveillance and preventive mea...

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Autores principales: Das, Shukla, Tigga, Richa, Rai, Gargi, Singh, Praveen Kumar, Datt, Shyama, Tyagi, Asha, Singh, Narendra Pal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30013897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.05.004
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Sumario:Candida auris has become a great challenge in diagnostic, therapeutic and hospital environmental adaptation. With a prevalence of 5.3% in intensive care unit (ICU) acquired candidemia in India, its colonization is very rapid which hastens hospital transmission. Strict surveillance and preventive measures need to be adopted in ICU as it can persist on dry, inanimate object, prompt adaptation and antifungal resistance can pose a future threat of a new drug hospital acquired pathogen.

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