Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

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

Titel

Relative Resistance of the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris and Other Candida Species to Killing by Ultraviolet Light

Ist Teil von

• Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2018-01, Vol.39 (1), p.94-96

Ort / Verlag

United States: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mobile ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light room decontamination devices are frequently used as an adjunct to standard cleaning in healthcare facilities, but their efficacy in killing Candida species is not clear. In laboratory testing, the emerging multidrug-resistant Candida auris and 2 other Candida species were significantly less susceptible to killing by UV-C than methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:94-96.