Hospital-Associated Multicenter Outbreak of Emerging Fungus Candida auris, Colombia, 2016
Paige A. Armstrong
1 , Sandra M. Rivera
1 , Patricia Escandon, Diego H. Caceres, Nancy Chow, Matthew J. Stuckey, Jorge Díaz, Adriana Gomez, Norida Vélez, Andres Espinosa-Bode, Soraya Salcedo, Adriana Marin, Indira Berrio, Carmen Varón, Angel Guzman, Jairo E. Pérez-Franco, Julian D. Escobar, Nohora Villalobos, Juan M. Correa, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Shawn R. Lockhart, Ryan Fagan, Tom M. Chiller, Brendan Jackson
2, and Oscar Pacheco
2
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P.A. Armstrong, D.H. Caceres, N. Chow, M.J. Stuckey, A. Espinosa-Bode, A.P. Litvintseva, S.R. Lockhart, R. Fagan, T.M. Chiller, B. Jackson); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia (S.M. Rivera, P. Escandon, J. Díaz, A. Gomez, N. Vélez, O. Pacheco); Clínica General del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia (S. Salcedo, A. Marin); Clínica El Rosario, Medellín, Colombia (I. Berrio); Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellín (I. Berrio); Hospital General de Medellín, Medellín (I. Berrio); Hospital Doña Pilar, Cartagena, Colombia (C. Varón, A. Guzman); Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá (J.E. Pérez-Franco, J.D. Escobar); Clínica los Nogales, Bogotá (N. Villalobos, J.M. Correa)
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Figure. Epidemic curve for cases of Candida auris candidemia in Colombia, by hospital, January 2015–September 2016.
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