Invasive Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Yeast Candida auris, Colombia.
- Resource Type
- letter
- Authors
- Morales-López, Soraya E.; Parra-Giraldo, Claudia M.; Ceballos-Garzón, Andrés; Martínez, Heidys P.; Rodríguez, Gerson J.; Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos A.; Rodríguez, José Y.
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases. Jan2017, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p162-164. 3p. 1 Chart.
- Subject
- *CANDIDA
*CRYPTOCOCCACEAE
*CRYPTOCOCCALES
*CANDIDAPEPSIN
*INVASIVE candidiasis
*ANTIFUNGAL agents
*COMPARATIVE studies
*DIAGNOSIS
*DRUG resistance in microorganisms
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*MEDICAL errors
*MICROBIAL sensitivity tests
*RESEARCH
*SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry)
*EVALUATION research
*FUNGEMIA
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
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 35.2%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]