Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare
The emerging yeast Candida auris has disseminated worldwide. We report on 7 cases identified in Germany during 2015–2017. In 6 of these cases, C. auris was isolated from patients previously hospitalized abroad. Whole-genome sequencing and epidemiologic analyses revealed that all patients in Germany...
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| author | Axel Hamprecht Amelia E. Barber Sibylle C. Mellinghoff Philipp Thelen Grit Walther Yanying Yu Priya Neurgaonkar Thomas Dandekar Oliver A. Cornely Ronny Martin Oliver Kurzai |
| author_facet | Axel Hamprecht Amelia E. Barber Sibylle C. Mellinghoff Philipp Thelen Grit Walther Yanying Yu Priya Neurgaonkar Thomas Dandekar Oliver A. Cornely Ronny Martin Oliver Kurzai |
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| description | The emerging yeast Candida auris has disseminated worldwide. We report on 7 cases identified in Germany during 2015–2017. In 6 of these cases, C. auris was isolated from patients previously hospitalized abroad. Whole-genome sequencing and epidemiologic analyses revealed that all patients in Germany were infected with different strains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb6072804d0e409fab9bb26b0a90b0a42022-12-22T02:19:36ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592019-09-012591763176510.3201/eid2509.190262Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign HealthcareAxel HamprechtAmelia E. BarberSibylle C. MellinghoffPhilipp ThelenGrit WaltherYanying YuPriya NeurgaonkarThomas DandekarOliver A. CornelyRonny MartinOliver KurzaiThe emerging yeast Candida auris has disseminated worldwide. We report on 7 cases identified in Germany during 2015–2017. In 6 of these cases, C. auris was isolated from patients previously hospitalized abroad. Whole-genome sequencing and epidemiologic analyses revealed that all patients in Germany were infected with different strains.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/9/19-0262_articlemycologyinfectious diseasesCandida aurisGermanyfungi |
| spellingShingle | Axel Hamprecht Amelia E. Barber Sibylle C. Mellinghoff Philipp Thelen Grit Walther Yanying Yu Priya Neurgaonkar Thomas Dandekar Oliver A. Cornely Ronny Martin Oliver Kurzai Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare Emerging Infectious Diseases mycology infectious diseases Candida auris Germany fungi |
| title | Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare |
| title_full | Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare |
| title_fullStr | Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare |
| title_short | Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare |
| title_sort | candida auris in germany and previous exposure to foreign healthcare |
| topic | mycology infectious diseases Candida auris Germany fungi |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/9/19-0262_article |
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