Surveillance for Candida Auris — Colombia, September 2016–May 2017

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 459-460

  Escandón, Patricia ^a   Cáceres, Diego H ^b,c   Espinosa Bode, Andres ^d   Rivera, Sandra ^a   Armstrong, Paige ^b   Vallabhaneni, Snigdha ^b   Berkow, Elizabeth L ^b   Lockhart, Shawn R ^b   Chiller, Tom ^b   Jackson, Brendan R ^b   Duarte, Carolina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045893186     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6715a6     Document Type: Note

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