Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019

Between January 2018 and May 2019, 349 cases of Candida auris were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area*, 257 (73.6%) colonisations, 84 (24.1%) bloodstream infections, seven (2.0%) other infections and one case of unknown infection/colonisation status (0.3%). Most cases (97.1%, n =...

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Autores principales: Plachouras, Diamantis, Lötsch, Felix, Kohlenberg, Anke, Monnet, Dominique L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32234118
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.12.2000240
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author Plachouras, Diamantis
Lötsch, Felix
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Monnet, Dominique L
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description Between January 2018 and May 2019, 349 cases of Candida auris were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area*, 257 (73.6%) colonisations, 84 (24.1%) bloodstream infections, seven (2.0%) other infections and one case of unknown infection/colonisation status (0.3%). Most cases (97.1%, n = 339) were reported from Spain or the United Kingdom, but also for the first time in Greece, the Netherlands and Poland. Laboratory capacity and preparedness has improved since January 2018.
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spelling pubmed-71183462020-04-06 Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019 Plachouras, Diamantis Lötsch, Felix Kohlenberg, Anke Monnet, Dominique L Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Between January 2018 and May 2019, 349 cases of Candida auris were reported in the European Union/European Economic Area*, 257 (73.6%) colonisations, 84 (24.1%) bloodstream infections, seven (2.0%) other infections and one case of unknown infection/colonisation status (0.3%). Most cases (97.1%, n = 339) were reported from Spain or the United Kingdom, but also for the first time in Greece, the Netherlands and Poland. Laboratory capacity and preparedness has improved since January 2018. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7118346/ /pubmed/32234118 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.12.2000240 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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Plachouras, Diamantis
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Kohlenberg, Anke
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title Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019
title_full Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019
title_fullStr Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019
title_full_unstemmed Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019
title_short Candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the European Union and European Economic Area*, January 2018 to May 2019
title_sort candida auris: epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in the european union and european economic area*, january 2018 to may 2019
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32234118
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.12.2000240
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