Sara Giordana Rimoldi, Riccardo Nodari, Alberto Rizzo, Alessandro Tamoni, Concetta Longobardi, Cristina Pagani, Silvia Grosso, Federica Salari, Laura Galimberti, Pietro Olivieri, Giuliano Rizzardini, Emanuele Catena, Spinello Antinori, Francesco Comandatore, Antonio Castelli, Maria Rita Gismondo
PURPOSE: Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast, has been reported worldwide. In Italy, the first case was reported in 2019. We describe the first case of C. auris, imported from Greece, in Milan, using whole genome sequencing to characterise mutations associated with antifungal resistance. CASE PRESENTATION: On October 2022 an 80-year-old Italian man was hospitalised in Greece. In the absence of clinical improvement, the patient was transferred to our hospital, in Italy, where blood culture resulted positive for C...
April 1, 2024: Infection