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. 2021 Jul 23;70(29):1022-1023.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7029a2.

Notes from the Field: Transmission of Pan-Resistant and Echinocandin-Resistant Candida auris in Health Care Facilities - Texas and the District of Columbia, January-April 2021

Meghan Lyman, Kaitlin Forsberg, Jacqueline Reuben, Thi Dang, Rebecca Free, Emma E Seagle, D Joseph Sexton, Elizabeth Soda, Heather Jones, Daryl Hawkins, Adonna Anderson, Julie Bassett, Shawn R Lockhart, Enyinnaya Merengwa, Preetha Iyengar, Brendan R Jackson, Tom Chiller

Notes from the Field: Transmission of Pan-Resistant and Echinocandin-Resistant Candida auris in Health Care Facilities - Texas and the District of Columbia, January-April 2021

Meghan Lyman et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Thi Dang reports a position as an unpaid member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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