First report of sporadic cases of Candida auris in Colombia

Marcela Parra‐Giraldo, Claudia; Valderrama, Sandra; Cecilia Cortés-Fraile, Gloria; Garzón, Javier; Ariza, Beatríz; Morio, Florent; Yomary Linares-Linares, Melva; Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés; De la Hoz, Alejandro; Hernández, Catalina; Álvarez, Carlos; Le Pape, Patrice

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.034

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First report of sporadic cases of Candida auris in Colombia

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Feb 5, 2018

Authors:

Claudia Marcela Parra‐Giraldo

Sandra Valderrama

Gloria Cecilia Cortés-Fraile

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Candida auris is a recently reported Candida species that is phenotypically similar to Candida haemulonii and related to hospital outbreaks. This organism can be misidentified as Candida haemulonii, Candida famata, Candida catenulata, or Rhodotorula glutinis by phenotypic approaches. Mat...

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Candida auris

Fluconazole

Microbiology

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