Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities are a Potential Source for Transmission of Candida auris and Other Candida Species

Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities are a Potential Source for Transmission of Candida auris and Other Candida Species

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2017-09, Vol.38 (9), p.1107-1109
Hauptverfasser: Piedrahita, Christina T, Cadnum, Jennifer L, Jencson, Annette L, Shaikh, Aaron A, Ghannoum, Mahmoud A, Donskey, Curtis J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Candida - isolation & purification
Candida - pathogenicity
Candidiasis
Cross Infection
Disinfection & disinfectants
Equipment Contamination
Experiments
Fungal infections
Health facilities
Hospitals
Humans
Ions
Laboratory tests
Logistic Models
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nursing
Pathogens
Staphylococcus infections
Stokes, Louis
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.127