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A High Frequency of Candida auris Blood Stream Infections in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units, Northwestern India: A Case Control Study.

Ekadashi RajniAshutosh SinghBansidhar TaraiKusum JainRavi ShankarKalpana PawarVedprakash MamoriaAnuradha Chowdhary
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
Secondary bacterial infections have been a concern with the use of tocilizumab. In this cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients, tocilizumab was associated with the development of candidemia. Surveillance of antifungal resistance is warranted to prevent transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of nosocomial yeasts in COVID-19 hospitalized patients.
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