Isolation of Candida auris from invasive and non-invasive samples of a patient suffering from vascular disease, Italy, July 2019

We recently isolated Candida auris from a blood culture and cutaneous swabs of a patient in her mid-70s. Our routine phenotypic methods failed to identify the microorganism, but it was identified by molecular tests and MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Our report, the first from Italy, further underlines the g...

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Autores principales: Crea, Francesca, Codda, Giulia, Orsi, Andrea, Battaglini, Alberto, Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto, Delfino, Emanuele, Ungaro, Riccardo, Marchese, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6749772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31530343
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.37.1900549
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Sumario:We recently isolated Candida auris from a blood culture and cutaneous swabs of a patient in her mid-70s. Our routine phenotypic methods failed to identify the microorganism, but it was identified by molecular tests and MALDI-TOF MS analysis. Our report, the first from Italy, further underlines the geographically wide distribution of C. auris and the need to confirm species identification of any suspicious colony as soon as possible to stop its spread.

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