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Abstract

We report the first isolation of in Greece from a sputum culture of a cystic fibrosis patient in their 20s under posaconazole treatment. The pathogen was identified as by VITEK2YST, but as by MALDI-TOF MS This case underscores the need for species-level identification of all non- (NAC) isolates from cystic fibrosis patients and patients with predisposing factors to fungal infection.

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2019-07-18
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Isolation of Candida auris from cystic fibrosis patient, Greece, April 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Angeliki+Stathi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stathi Angeliki</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ioanna+Loukou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Loukou Ioanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Helen+Kirikou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kirikou Helen</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Argyri+Petrocheilou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Petrocheilou Argyri</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Moustaki&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Moustaki Maria</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Aristea+Velegraki&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Velegraki Aristea</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Levantia+Zachariadou&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zachariadou Levantia</a></span>. Isolation of Candida auris from cystic fibrosis patient, Greece, April 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(29):pii=1900400. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.29.1900400" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.29.1900400</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 23 Jun 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Jul 2019 </span> </p>
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