Candida auris Sternal Osteomyelitis in a Man from Kenya Visiting Australia, 2015

In Australia in 2015, Candida auris sternal osteomyelitis was diagnosed in a 65-year-old man with a history of intensive care treatment in Kenya in 2012 and without a history of cardiac surgery. The isolate was South Africa clade III. Clinicians should note that C. auris can cause low-grade disease...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2019-01, Vol.25 (1), p.192-194
Hauptverfasser:	Heath, Christopher H, Dyer, John R, Pang, Stanley, Coombs, Geoffrey W, Gardam, Dianne J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Angina pectoris Antifungal agents Antifungal Agents - administration & dosage Australia Bone and Bones - diagnostic imaging Bone and Bones - microbiology Candida - isolation & purification Candida auris Candidiasis Candidiasis - diagnostic imaging Candidiasis - drug therapy Candidiasis - microbiology Cardiovascular diseases Care and treatment Case studies Chronic Disease Chronic obstructive lung disease Complications and side effects Development and progression ERG11 gene Fatal Outcome Heart diseases Hospital patients Humans Hypertension Ischemia Kenya Lung diseases Male Myocardial ischemia Osteomyelitis Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging Osteomyelitis - drug therapy Osteomyelitis - microbiology Pulmonary hypertension Research Letter Respiratory tract diseases sternal osteomyelitis Sternal Osteomyelitis in a Man from Kenya Visiting Australia, 2015 Surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed Travel Triazoles - administration & dosage Unstable angina Whole Genome Sequencing
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Zusammenfassung:	In Australia in 2015, Candida auris sternal osteomyelitis was diagnosed in a 65-year-old man with a history of intensive care treatment in Kenya in 2012 and without a history of cardiac surgery. The isolate was South Africa clade III. Clinicians should note that C. auris can cause low-grade disease years after colonization.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2501.181321