Candida auris in Germany and Previous Exposure to Foreign Healthcare.

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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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - June 23, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hamprecht A, Barber AE, Mellinghoff SC, Thelen P, Walther G, Yu Y, Neurgaonkar P, Dandekar T, Cornely OA, Martin R, Kurzai O, German Candida auris Study Group1 Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research