We report the first isolation of Candida auris in Greece from a sputum culture of a cystic fibrosis patient in their 20s under posaconazole treatment. The pathogen was identified as C. duobushaemulonii by VITEK2YST, but as C. auris by MALDI-TOF MS. This case underscores the need for species-level identification of all non-albicans Candida (NAC) isolates from cystic fibrosis patients and patients with predisposing factors to fungal infection.
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Stathi, A., Loukou, I., Kirikou, H., Petrocheilou, A., Moustaki, M., Velegraki, A., & Zachariadou, L. (2019). Isolation of candida auris from cystic fibrosis patient, Greece, april 2019. Eurosurveillance, 24(29). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.29.1900400