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Candida auris Outbreak in a COVID-19 Specialty Care Unit — Florida, July–August 2020
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In July 2020, the Florida Department of Health was alerted to three Candida auris bloodstream infections and one urinary tract infection in four patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who received care in the same dedicated COVID-19 unit of an acute care hospital (hospital A). C. auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infection. Its ability to colonize patients asymptomatically and persist on surfaces has contributed to previous C. auris outbreaks in health care settings (1-7). Since the first C. auris case was identified in Florida in 2017, aggressive measures have been implemented to limit spread, including contact tracing and screening upon detection of a new case. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital A conducted admission screening for C. auris and admitted colonized patients to a separate dedicated ward.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Prestel, C., Anderson, E., Forsberg, K., Lyman, M., de Perio, M. A., Kuhar, D., Edwards, K., Rivera, M., Shugart, A., Walters, M., & Dotson, N. Q.
- Affiliations
- Florida Department of Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Prestel, Christopher
- ORCID
- Venue
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Published
- 2021-01-15
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 56-57
- ISSN
- 0149-2195 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-861X
- PMC
- PMC7808709
- OpenAlex
- W3119470202
- Cited by
- 237
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 44
- FWCI
- 15.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infection Control in Healthcare
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Keywords
- Candida auris, hospital outbreak, bloodstream infection, urinary tract infection, asymptomatic colonization, surface transmission, contact tracing, admission screening, infection control, Florida
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Candida, Candidiasis, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Florida, Hospital Units, Humans, Male, Middle Aged
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