Candida auris. Issue 4 (August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saris, Katja; Meis, Jacques F.; Voss, Andreas
• Is Part Of: Current opinion in infectious diseases. Volume 31:Issue 4(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-08
• Subjects: Candida auris -- emerging -- multidrug resistance -- yeast; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- Periodicals; Review Literature -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000469
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0951-7375

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose of review: To give an update on the recent emergence of Candida auris . Recent findings: C. auris is a pathogen, that evades present therapeutic options, that is highly virulent, causes disease in all types of patients, and spreads easily in the environment and among patients, thereby posing an imminent threat to our patients. The fact that C. auris, in addition, is more resilient to environmental disinfection and frequently misclassified during microbiological diagnostics only heightens its potential as a 'perfect villain.' Summary: Healthcare institutions, especially hospitals, need to ensure that their diagnostic and infection control policies to handle C. auris are in place.