October 19, 2016Open Access

First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital

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This ongoing outbreak with genotypically closely related C. auris highlights the importance of appropriate species identification and rapid detection of cases in order to contain hospital acquired transmission.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69de85e97ed287395e559829 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-016-0132-5

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