Diagnosis of invasive fungal infections: challenges and recent developments

W Fang, J Wu, M Cheng, X Zhu, M Du, C Chen… - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Background The global burden of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has shown an upsurge in
recent years due to the higher load of immunocompromised patients suffering from various …

Strategies to Prevent Transmission of Candida auris in Healthcare Settings

S Ahmad, M Asadzadeh - Current Fungal Infection Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Candida auris, a recently recognized yeast pathogen, has
become a major public health threat due to the problems associated with its accurate …

Identification of Drug Resistant Candida auris

M Kordalewska, DS Perlin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Candida auris is a multidrug resistant yeast, recognized as a cause of invasive infections
and health care associated outbreaks around the world. C. auris is of great public health …

[HTML][HTML] Candida Auris, An Agent of Hospital-Associated Outbreaks: Which Challenging Issues Do We Need to Have in Mind?

R Sabino, C Veríssimo, ÁA Pereira, F Antunes - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The emergence of Candida auris is considered as one of the most serious problems
associated with nosocomial transmission and with infection control practices in hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Candida auris: A Review of Recommendations for Detection and Control in Healthcare Settings

DH Caceres, K Forsberg, RM Welsh, DJ Sexton… - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen. Since first reported in
2009, C. auris has caused healthcare outbreaks around the world, often involving high …

Tools for detecting a “superbug”: updates on Candida auris testing

SR Lockhart, MM Lyman, DJ Sexton - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - journals.asm.org
Candida auris is an emerging yeast species that has the unique characteristics of patient
skin colonization and rapid transmission within health care facilities and the ability to rapidly …

Attack, Defend and Persist: How the Fungal Pathogen Candida auris was Able to Emerge Globally in Healthcare Environments

AW De Jong, F Hagen - Mycopathologia, 2019 - Springer
Within a decade after its first description, the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris has
emerged globally as a nosocomial pathogen causing difficult to control outbreaks. This …

Identification of Candida auris by use of the updated Vitek 2 yeast identification system, version 8.01: a multilaboratory evaluation study

G Ambaraghassi, PJ Dufresne… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - journals.asm.org
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that has been systematically
incorrectly identified by phenotypic methods in clinical microbiology laboratories. The Vitek 2 …