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Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
Research

Epidemiologic Shift in Candidemia Driven by Candida auris, South Africa, 2016–20171

Erika van Schalkwyk2, Ruth S. Mpembe, Juno Thomas, Liliwe Shuping, Husna Ismail, Warren Lowman, Alan S. Karstaedt, Vindana Chibabhai, Jeannette Wadula, Theunis Avenant, Angeliki Messina, Chetna N. Govind, Krishnee Moodley, Halima Dawood, Praksha Ramjathan, Nelesh P. Govender2Comments to Author , and for GERMS-SA
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (E. van Schalkwyk, R.S. Mpembe, J. Thomas, L. Shuping, H. Ismail, N.P. Govender); Vermaak & Partners–Pathcare Pathologists, Johannesburg (W. Lowman); Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg (W. Lowman); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (W. Lowman, A.S. Karstaedt, V. Chibabhai, J. Wadula, A. Messina, N.P. Govender); University of Pretoria and Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa (T. Avenant); Netcare Hospitals Ltd, Johannesburg (A. Messina); Lancet Laboratories, Durban, South Africa (C.N. Govind, K. Moodley); University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (C.N. Govind, H. Dawood, P. Ramjathan); Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (H. Dawood); National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (V. Chibabhai, J. Wadula, P. Ramjathan)

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Figure 4

Cases of Candida auris candidemia (N = 557), by epidemiologic week, Gauteng Province, South Africa, 2016–2017. Date of blood culture collection was missing for 123 cases.

Figure 4. Cases of Candida auris candidemia (N = 557), by epidemiologic week, Gauteng Province, South Africa, 2016–2017. Date of blood culture collection was missing for 123 cases.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa (FIDSSA) conference (oral abstract no. 8,382), November 9–11 2017, Cape Town, South Africa.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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