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

Sebastian P Arenas; Patrice J Persad; Samira Patel; Dipen J Parekh; Tanira B D Ferreira; Mirian Farinas; D Joseph Sexton; Meghan Lyman; Hayley B Gershengorn; Bhavarth S Shukla

doi:10.1017/ice.2023.251

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

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Dec 13:1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.251. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Sebastian P Arenas¹, Patrice J Persad¹, Samira Patel¹, Dipen J Parekh^{1

2}, Tanira B D Ferreira^{1

3}, Mirian Farinas¹, D Joseph Sexton⁴, Meghan Lyman⁴, Hayley B Gershengorn^{1

3

5}, Bhavarth S Shukla^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ University of Miami Health System, Miami, Florida.
² Department of Urology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
⁴ Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁵ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

PMID: 38087651
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.251

Abstract

We established a surveillance program to evaluate persistence of C. auris colonization 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.