Emergence of candida auris: An international call to arms

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 141-143

  Clancy, Cornelius J ^a,b   Nguyen, M Hong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida auris; Centers for disease control and prevention; Dissemination; Emergence; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AURIS; CANDIDIASIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; CROSS INFECTION;

CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS;

EID: 85015227255     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw696     Document Type: Review

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