Healthcare-associated fungal outbreaks: New and uncommon species, New molecular tools for investigation and prevention

Abstract Outbreaks of healthcare-associated fungal infections have repeatedly been described over recent years, often caused by new or uncommon species. Candida auris, a recently described multidrug-resistant yeast species, is certainly the most worrisome species having caused several severe healthc...

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Main Authors: Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Sophie Brun, Jean-Ralph Zahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-018-0338-9