Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities Are a Potential Source for Transmission of Candida Auris and Other Candida Species

Overview

Journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases
Nursing
Public Health

Date 2017 Jul 12

PMID 28693657

Citations 86

Authors

Christina T Piedrahita

Jennifer L Cadnum

Annette L Jencson

Aaron A Shaikh

Mahmoud A Ghannoum

Curtis J Donskey

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Abstract

Contaminated surfaces have been implicated as a potential route for dissemination of the emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris. In laboratory testing, C. auris and other Candida species persisted for 7 days on moist or dry surfaces. Candida species were recovered frequently from the hospital environment, particularly from moist surfaces. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1107-1109.

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