Key facts on C. auris fungus

C. auris was found on tested nurses' hands


The multidrug-resistant fungus Candida auris was found on two nurses hands when researchers sampled patients, healthcare workers and hospital surfaces, according to an article on the Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality website.

A new study also found that of 40 confirmed cases, in-hospital mortality was 56 percent.

All affected patients had a central venous catheter and two-thirds of affected patients had recent surgery.

 "C. auris was found on patient and healthcare worker skin and on hospital surfaces, suggesting that assiduous infection control practices are needed to limit the spread of this emerging pathogen," the study said.

Read the article.

 



May 4, 2017


Topic Area: Infection Control

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