First report of Candida auris infections from Saudi Arabia

J Infect Public Health. 2018 Jul-Aug;11(4):598-599. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.05.010. Epub 2018 Jun 9.

Authors

Baha Abdalhamid¹, Reem Almaghrabi², Sahar Althawadi³, Ali Omrani²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: bahaa.abdalhamid@kfsh.med.sa.
² Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 29895475
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.05.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
Candida / drug effects
Candida / isolation & purification*
Candidiasis / diagnosis*
Candidiasis / microbiology
Candidiasis / pathology*
Drug Resistance, Fungal
Female
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Saudi Arabia

Substances

Antifungal Agents