Persistent colonization of Candida auris among inpatients rescreened as part of a weekly surveillance program
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We established a surveillance program to evaluate persistence of C. auris colonization among hospitalized patients. Overall, 17 patients (34%) had ≥1 negative result followed by a positive test, and 7 (41%) of these patients had ≥2 consecutive negative tests.
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Candida auris can colonize patients asymptomatically and persist on skin for months to years without causing infection.
“Candida auris, an emerging, frequently antifungal-resistant yeast, can colonize patients asymptomatically and persist on skin for months to years without causing infection (1–3).”
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Worsening Spread of <i>Candida auris</i> in the United States, 2019 to 2021
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- Authors
- Arenas, S. P., Persad, P. J., Patel, S., Parekh, D. J., Ferreira, T. B. D., Farinas, M., Sexton, D. J., Lyman, M., Gershengorn, H. B., & Shukla, B. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Miami Health System (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Arenas, Sebastian P.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2023-12-13
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 762-765
- ISSN
- 0899-823X (ISSN-L)
- 1559-6834
- PMC
- PMC11302382
- OpenAlex
- W4389683209
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 4.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Miami
- National Institutes of Health (CC999999)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infection Control in Healthcare
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Keywords
- Candida auris, fungal colonization, persistent colonization, hospitalized patients, rescreening, fungemia, hospital infection control
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Candida, Candidiasis, Cross Infection, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Male, Middle Aged, Population Surveillance
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