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A Candida auris outbreak and its control in an intensive care setting
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BACKGROUND Candida auris is an emerging and multidrug-resistant pathogen. Here we report the epidemiology of a hospital outbreak of C. auris colonization and infection.
METHODS After identification of a cluster of C. auris infections in the neurosciences intensive care unit (ICU) of the Oxford University Hospitals, United Kingdom, we instituted an intensive patient and environmental screening program and package of interventions. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identi...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1056/NEJMoa1714373
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- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Journal:
- New England Journal of Medicine More from this journal
- Volume:
- 379
- Issue:
- 14
- Pages:
- 1322-1331
- Publication date:
- 2018-10-04
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-07-20
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1533-4406
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pubs:890213
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- Copyright date:
- 2018
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