Investigation of the first seven reported cases of Candida auris, a globally emerging invasive, multidrug-resistant fungus - United States, May 2013-August 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 1234-1237

  Vallabhaneni, Snigdha ^a   Kallen, Alex ^b   Tsay, Sharon ^a   Chow, Nancy ^a   Welsh, Rory ^a   Kerins, Janna ^a,c   Kemble, Sarah K ^c   Pacilli, Massimo ^c   Black, Stephanie R ^c   Landon, Emily ^d   Ridgway, Jessica ^d   Palmore, Tara N ^e   Zelzany, Adrian ^e   Adams, Eleanor H ^f   Quinn, Monica ^f   Chaturvedi, Sudha ^f   Greenko, Jane ^f   Fernandez, Rafael ^f   Southwick, Karen ^f   Yoko Furuya, E ^g   Calfee, David P ^h   Hamula, Camille ⁱ   Patel, Gopi ⁱ   Barrett, Patricia ^j   Lafaro, Patricia ^k   Berkow, Elizabeth L ^a   Moulton Meissner, Heather ^b   Noble Wang, Judith ^b   Fagan, Ryan P ^b   Jackson, Brendan R ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^a   Chiller, Tom M ^a   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g Weill Cornell Medicine ^*  (United States)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^k ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; FATALITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995377799     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6544e1     Document Type: Article

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