Isolation of Candida auris from 9 patients in Central America: Importance of accurate diagnosis and susceptibility testing

Mycoses

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 44-47

  Araúz, Ana Belen ^a   Caceres, Diego H ^b,c   Santiago, Erika ^a   Armstrong, Paige ^b   Arosemena, Susan ^a   Ramos, Carolina ^a   Espinosa Bode, Andres ^b   Borace, Jovanna ^a   Hayer, Lizbeth ^d   Cedeño, Israel ^d   Jackson, Brendan R ^b   Sosa, Nestor ^e   Berkow, Elizabeth L ^b   Lockhart, Shawn R ^b   Rodriguez French, Amalia ^a   Chiller, Tom ^b  

^a Santo Tomas Hospital   (Panama)

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

^c OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^d Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^e Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

Author keywords

acurate; Candida auris; diagnose; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA AURIS; CANDIDA HAEMULONII; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PANAMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EFFECT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037748808     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12709     Document Type: Article

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