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“Highly infectious, persistent and lethal”: with these definitions already in June 2020 the Ministry of Health had alerted the microbiology laboratories with the aim of “implementing the diagnostic capabilities and the appropriate prevention and control measures to avoid the spread of this pathogen “.
What is Candida auris
Candida auris is a yeast related to the albicans variant that causes the common sexually transmitted candidiasis, capable of developing an opportunistic infection with higher resistance to antifungals.