Can Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Be Reliably Identified in Clinical Microbiology Laboratories?

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Feb;55(2):638-640. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02202-16. Epub 2016 Nov 23.

Masako Mizusawa¹, Heather Miller^{1

2}, Rachel Green², Richard Lee², Mariann Durante³, Rosalie Perkins⁴, Caroline Hewitt⁴, Patricia J Simner^{1

2}, Karen C Carroll^{1

2}, Randall T Hayden⁴, Sean X Zhang^{5

2}

¹ Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Microbiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Microbiology Laboratory, Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA szhang28@jhmi.edu.

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Keywords: API; BD Phoenix; Bruker MS; Candida auris; Candida duobushaemulonii; Candida haemulonii; MALDI-TOF MS; MicroScan; Vitek; Vitek MS.

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