Candida auris infections reported in Colombia: 17 cases

The emerging multidrug-resistant fungus, Candida auris, has been reported in the United States, England, and a number of other countries in recent years after first reported in Japan in 2009. Now, researchers from Colombia report 17 cases in the country. The 17 clinical isolates of C. auris were recovered from 17 patients hospitalized in 6 institutions in the northern ["]

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