Successful implementation of the CDC recommendations during the care of 2 patients with Candida auris in in-patient rehabilitation and intensive care settings

Melissa Reimer-McAtee; Gabriela Corsi; Elizabeth Reed; Kelley M Boston; Harika Yalamanchili; George Burnazian; Sonia Bassett; John Butler; Tawanna McGinnis-Cole; Violeta Chavez; Audrey Wanger; Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.027

Successful implementation of the CDC recommendations during the care of 2 patients with Candida auris in in-patient rehabilitation and intensive care settings

Am J Infect Control. 2021 Apr;49(4):525-527. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.027. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX.
³ Department of Infection Prevention, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX.
⁴ Department of Infection Prevention, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX; Infection Prevention and Management Associates, Houston, TX.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX.

PMID: 32828800
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.08.027

Abstract

Candida auris presents a unique challenge to practitioners and infection control teams worldwide because of its virulence, alarming resistance profile, environmental fitness, and risk of nosocomial transmission. We describe 2 cases of Candida auris infection managed with the CDC recommendations with no evidence of in-hospital transmission.

Keywords: C. auris; Infection control; Nosocomial transmission.

MeSH terms

Candida*
Candidiasis, Invasive*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Critical Care
Humans
United States

Supplementary concepts

Candida auris infection