Identification and infection control response to Candida auris at an academic level I trauma center.

Autor: Goulart MA; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL. Electronic address: michael.goulart@jax.ufl.edu., El Itani R; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., Buchanan SR; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., Brown DS; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., Hays AK; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., King WB; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., Luciani DL; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., Neilsen CD; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL., Verdecia JL; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Florida Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of infection control [Am J Infect Control] 2024 Mar; Vol. 52 (3), pp. 371-373. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.11.017
Abstrakt: Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen with significant morbidity and mortality, can be difficult for health care facilities to identify, isolate, and control. We present our identification and infection control response to Candida auris at a 695-bed academic level I trauma center in Florida.
(Copyright © 2023 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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