A Candida auris Outbreak and Its Control in an Intensive Care Setting

W. Eyre, David; E. Sheppard, Anna; Madder, Hilary; Moir, Ian; Moroney, Ruth; Phuong Quan, T.; Griffiths, David; George, Sophie; Butcher, Lisa; Morgan, Marcus; Newnham, Robert; Sunderland, Mary; Clarke, Tiphanie; Foster, Dona; Hoffman, Peter; M. Borman, Andrew; M. Johnson, Elizabeth; Moore, Ginny; Brown, Colin; Sarah Walker, A; Peto, Tim; W. Crook, Derrick; Jeffery, Katie

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1714373

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A Candida auris Outbreak and Its Control in an Intensive Care Setting

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 3, 2018

Authors:

David W. Eyre

Anna E. Sheppard

Hilary Madder

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Candida auris is an emerging and multidrug-resistant pathogen. Here we report the epidemiology of a hospital outbreak of C. auris colonization and infection. METHODS: After identification of a cluster of C. auris infections in the neurosciences intensive care unit (ICU) of the Oxford Uni...

Subject

Candida auris

Outbreak

Infection control

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