Ominous combination: COVID-19 disease and Candida auris fungemia-Case report and review of the literature

Wael Goravey; Gawahir A Ali; Masia Ali; Emad B Ibrahim; Muna Al Maslamani; Hamad Abdel Hadi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4827

Ominous combination: COVID-19 disease and Candida auris fungemia-Case report and review of the literature

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Sep 12;9(9):e04827. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4827. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Wael Goravey¹, Gawahir A Ali¹, Masia Ali¹, Emad B Ibrahim^{2

3}, Muna Al Maslamani¹, Hamad Abdel Hadi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases Centre Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
³ Biomedical Research Centre Qatar university Doha Qatar.

Abstract

The identification of Candida auris fungemia in critically ill COVID-19 patients is detrimental, with huge implications on patient mortality and infectious control measures.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Candida auris; candidemia.

Publication types

Case Reports