Journal article
Prevalence of Candida auris in Canadian acute care hospitals among at-risk patients, 2018
Abstract
To identify the prevalence of C. auris in Canadian patients who are potentially at risk for colonization, we screened 488 patients who were either hospitalized abroad, had a carbapenemase-producing organism (CPO), or were in units with high antifungal use. Two patients were colonized with C. auris; both had received healthcare in India and had a CPO. Among 35 patients who had recently received healthcare in the Indian subcontinent and were CPO …
Authors
Garcia-Jeldes HF; Mitchell R; McGeer A; Rudnick W; Amaratunga K; Vallabhaneni S; Lockhart SR; Bharat A
Journal
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, Vol. 9, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2020
DOI
10.1186/s13756-020-00752-3
ISSN
2047-2994