Successful control of Candida auris transmission in a German COVID-19 intensive care unit.

Hinrichs C, Wiese-Posselt M, Graf B, Geffers C, Weikert B, Enghard P, Aldejohann A, Schrauder A, Knaust A, Eckardt KU, Gastmeier P, Kurzai O (2022) Successful control of Candida auris transmission in a German COVID-19 intensive care unit. Mycoses 65(6), 643-649.

Abstract

Candida auris a frequently multidrug-resistant yeast species that poses a global health threat due to its high potential for hospital outbreaks. While C. auris has become endemic in parts of Asia and Africa, transmissions have so far rarely been reported in Western Europe except for Great Britain and Spain. We describe the first documented patient-to-patient transmission of C. auris in Germany in a COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) and infection control measures implemented to prevent further spread of the pathogen.

Leibniz-HKI-Authors

Oliver Kurzai

Identifier

doi: 10.1111/myc.13443

PMID: 35419847