Persistent colonization of Candida aurisamong inpatients rescreened as part of a weekly surveillance program

Autor: Arenas, Sebastian P., Persad, Patrice J., Patel, Samira, Parekh, Dipen J., Ferreira, Tanira B.D., Farinas, Mirian, Sexton, D. Joseph, Lyman, Meghan, Gershengorn, Hayley B., Shukla, Bhavarth S.
Zdroj: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; June 2024, Vol. 45 Issue: 6 p762-765, 4p
Abstrakt: AbstractWe established a surveillance program to evaluate persistence of C. auriscolonization among hospitalized patients. Overall, 17 patients (34%) had ≥1 negative result followed by a positive test, and 7 (41%) of these patients had ≥2 consecutive negative tests.
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