Challenges in identifying Candida auris in hospital clinical laboratories: a need for hospital and public health laboratory collaboration in rapid identification of an emerging pathogen

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Aug;39(8):1015-1016. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.133. Epub 2018 Jul 3.

Authors

Amanda J Durante¹, Meghan H Maloney¹, Vivian H Leung¹, Jafar H Razeq¹, David B Banach²

Affiliations

¹ 1Connecticut Department of Public Health,Healthcare-Associated Infections/Antimicrobial Resistance Program,Hartford,CT.
² 2University of Connecticut School of Medicine,Farmington,CT.

PMID: 29966540
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.133

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Candida / isolation & purification*
Candidiasis
Clinical Laboratory Services
Connecticut
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Laboratories, Hospital
Mycology / methods*
Public Health Practice
Surveys and Questionnaires