Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018

Candida auris is an emerging fungus that can cause invasive infections. It is associated with high mortality rates and resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs and is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods. We describe the management and outcomes of 9 patients with C. auris...

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Autores principales: Park, Jenny YeiSol, Bradley, Nicole, Brooks, Steven, Burney, Sibte, Wassner, Chanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30789336
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.180927
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author Park, Jenny YeiSol
Bradley, Nicole
Brooks, Steven
Burney, Sibte
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description Candida auris is an emerging fungus that can cause invasive infections. It is associated with high mortality rates and resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs and is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods. We describe the management and outcomes of 9 patients with C. auris fungemia in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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spelling pubmed-63907492019-03-06 Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018 Park, Jenny YeiSol Bradley, Nicole Brooks, Steven Burney, Sibte Wassner, Chanie Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Candida auris is an emerging fungus that can cause invasive infections. It is associated with high mortality rates and resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs and is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods. We describe the management and outcomes of 9 patients with C. auris fungemia in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6390749/ /pubmed/30789336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.180927 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.
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Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018
title Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018
title_full Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018
title_fullStr Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018
title_full_unstemmed Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018
title_short Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018
title_sort management of patients with candida auris fungemia at community hospital, brooklyn, new york, usa, 2016–2018
topic Research Letter
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