Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Piedrahita, Christina T
• Cadnum, Jennifer L
• Jencson, Annette L
• Shaikh, Aaron A
• Ghannoum, Mahmoud A
• Donskey, Curtis J

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2017-09, Vol.38 (9), p.1107-1109

Ort / Verlag

United States: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.