Invasive infections with multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris, Colombia Letter

abstract

  • Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungus that causes a wide range of symptoms. We report finding 17 cases of C. auris infection that were originally misclassified but correctly identified 27.5 days later on average. Patients with a delayed diagnosis of C. auris had a 30-day mortality rate of 35.2percent-flag-change.

publication date

  • 2017-1-1

edition

  • 23

number of pages

  • 3

start page

  • 162

end page

  • 164