Early Introductions of Candida auris Detected by Wastewater Surveillance, Utah, USA, 2022–2023
| Autor: | Jorge Chavez, Katherine Crank, Casey Barber, Daniel Gerrity, Thomas Iverson, Joshua Mongillo, Angela Weil, Linda Rider, Nathan Lacross, Kelly Oakeson, Alessandro Rossi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 10, Pp 2107-2117 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid3010.240173 |
| Popis: | Candida auris is considered a nosocomial pathogen of high concern and is currently spreading across the United States. Infection control measures for C. auris focus mainly on healthcare facilities, yet transmission levels may already be significant in the community before outbreaks are detected in healthcare settings. Wastewater-based epidemiology (culture, quantitative PCR, and whole-genome sequencing) can potentially gauge pathogen transmission in the general population and lead to early detection of C. auris before it is detected in clinical cases. To learn more about the sensitivity and limitations of wastewater-based surveillance, we used wastewater-based methods to detect C. auris in a southern Utah jurisdiction with no known clinical cases before and after the documented transfer of colonized patients from bordering Nevada. Our study illustrates the potential of wastewater-based surveillance for being sufficiently sensitive to detect C. auris transmission during the early stages of introduction into a community. |
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