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- Title
Prevalence of Candida auris in Canadian acute care hospitals among at-risk patients, 2018.
- Authors
Garcia-Jeldes, Hector Felipe; Mitchell, Robyn; McGeer, Allison; Rudnick, Wallis; Amaratunga, Kanchana; Vallabhaneni, Snigdha; Lockhart, Shawn R.; CNISP C. auris Interest Group; Al-Rawahi, Ghada; Brodkin, Elizabeth; Charles, Marthe; Comeau, Jeannette; Davis, Ian; Delport, Johan; Dingle, Tanis C.; Dufresne, Philippe; Ellis, Chelsey; Embree, Joanne; Frenette, Charles; Golding, George
- Abstract
To identify the prevalence of C. auris in Canadian patients who are potentially at risk for colonization, we screened 488 patients who were either hospitalized abroad, had a carbapenemase-producing organism (CPO), or were in units with high antifungal use. Two patients were colonized with C. auris; both had received healthcare in India and had a CPO. Among 35 patients who had recently received healthcare in the Indian subcontinent and were CPO colonized or infected, the prevalence of C. auris was 5.7%.
- Subjects
SOUTH Asia; HOSPITAL care; CANDIDA; CROSS infection; SUBCONTINENTS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2020, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2047-2994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13756-020-00752-3