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

Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2021)

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

Affiliations

Wael Goravey: Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases CentreHamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Gawahir A. Ali: Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases CentreHamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Masia Ali: Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases CentreHamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Emad B. Ibrahim: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Muna Al Maslamani: Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases CentreHamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Hamad Abdel Hadi: Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases CentreHamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4827
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

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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.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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