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ArticleMedical mycology2024

Candida auris: Outbreak, surveillance and epidemiological monitoring in Northern Greece.

Aikaterina Poulopoulou, Anna Sidiropoulou, Theopisti Sarmourli, Evaggelia Zachrou, Chrysi Michailidou, Charalampos Zarras, Eleni Vagdatli, Eleni Massa, Eleni Mouloudi, Athina Pyrpasopoulou and 14 more

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Article in Medical mycology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Aikaterina PoulopoulouDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
Anna SidiropoulouDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
Theopisti SarmourliDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
Evaggelia ZachrouDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
Chrysi MichailidouDepartment of Biopathology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Charalampos ZarrasDepartment of Biopathology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Eleni VagdatliDepartment of Biopathology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Eleni MassaICU, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Eleni MouloudiICU, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Athina PyrpasopoulouInfectious Diseases Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Georgios MeletisDepartment of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8750-513X
Efthymia ProtonotariouDepartment of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece.
Lemonia SkouraDepartment of Microbiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece.
Simeon MetallidisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece.
Theodoros KarampatakisDepartment of Microbiology, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece.
Eleni KatsifaDepartment of Microbiology, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece.
Anna NikopoulouInfectious Disease Unit, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece.
Alexandra LoukaDepartment of Microbiology, Mamatsio General Hospital, Kozani 50100, Greece.
Artemisia RizouDepartment of Microbiology, Mamatsio General Hospital, Kozani 50100, Greece.
Kostoula ArvanitiICU, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki 56403, Greece.
Vassili KouvelisSection of Genetics & Biotechnology, Department of Biology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772, Greece.
Andrew BormanMycology Reference Laboratory, UK Health Security Agency, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK.
Emmanuel RoilidesInfectious Diseases Unit, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece.
Timoleon-Achilleas VyzantiadisDepartment of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2915-6098

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen associated with multi-drug resistance rates and widespread outbreaks in hospitals and healthcare units worldwide. Sequencing studies have revealed that different clonal lineages of the fungus seem to be prevalent among distinct geographical sites. The first case of C. auris in Northern Greece was reported in Thessaloniki in October 2022, almost 2 years after the first isolation in Greece (Athens 2019). The Mycology Laboratory of the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki stands as the reference laboratory for fungal diseases in Northern Greece and a meticulous search for the yeast, in plenty of suspicious samples, has been run since 2019 in the Lab as well as a retrospective analysis of all its yeasts' collection, back to 2008, with negative results for the presence of C. auris. Here, are presented the findings concerning the outbreak and surveillance of C. auris in Northern Greece, mainly the region of Thessaloniki and the broader area of Macedonia, from October 2022 until August 2023. The isolates from Northern Greece continue to fall in Clade I and present with an almost equal and stable sensitivity profile until now.

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Candida aurisCandidiasisDisease OutbreaksEpidemiological MonitoringAntifungal AgentsCandidaDrug Resistance, Multiple, FungalFemaleGreeceHumansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRetrospective StudiesAntifungal AgentsCandida aurisepidemiologyGreecemonitoringoutbreak

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PMCPMC11232515

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