Investigation of the First Seven Reported Cases of Candida auris, a Globally Emerging Invasive, Multidrug-Resistant Fungus—United States, May 2013–August 2016

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 296-299

  Vallabhaneni, S ^a   Kallen, A ^b   Tsay, S ^a   Chow, N ^a   Welsh, R ^a   Kerins, J ^a,c   Kemble, S K ^c   Pacilli, M ^c   Black, S R ^c   Landon, E ^d   Ridgway, J ^d   Palmore, T N ^e   Zelzany, A ^e   Adams, E H ^f   Quinn, M ^f   Chaturvedi, S ^f   Greenko, J ^f   Fernandez, R ^f   Southwick, K ^f   Furuya, E Y ^g   Calfee, D P ^h   Hamula, C ⁱ   Patel, G ⁱ   Barrett, P ^j   Lafaro, P ^k   Berkow, E L ^a   Moulton Meissner, H ^b   Noble Wang, J ^b   Fagan, R P ^b   Jackson, B R ^a   Lockhart, S R ^a   Litvintseva, A P ^a   Chiller, T 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 HEALTH SYSTEM   (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

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AURIS; CANDIDA AURIS INFECTION; CANDIDA FAMATA; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES; URINARY CATHETER; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; GLOBAL HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008946269     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14121     Document Type: Editorial

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