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PRO/EDR> Candida auris – USA: 1st isolates

Other Human Disease -- United States_Candida auris_, an emerging fungus that can cause invasive infections, is associated with high mortality and is often resistant to multiple antifungal drugs. _C. auris_ was 1st described in 2009 after being isolated from external ear canal discharge of a patient in Japan (1). Since then, reports of _C. auris_ infections, including bloodstream infections, have been published from several countries, including Colombia, India, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Pakistan, South Read more [...]