Sarah E Sansom, Gabrielle M Gussin, Michael Schoeny, Raveena D Singh, Hira Adil, Pamela Bell, Ellen C Benson, Cassiana E Bittencourt, Stephanie Black, Maria Del Mar Villanueva Guzman, Mary Carl Froilan, Christine Fukuda, Karina Barsegyan, Ellen Gough, Meghan Lyman, Jinal Makhija, Stefania Marron, Lydia Mikhail, Judith Noble-Wang, Massimo Pacilli, Robert Pedroza, Raheeb Saavedra, D Joseph Sexton, Julie Shimabukuro, Lahari Thotapalli, Matthew Zahn, Susan S Huang, Mary K Hayden
BACKGROUND: Environmental contamination is suspected to play an important role in Candida auris transmission. Understanding speed and risks of contamination after room disinfection could inform environmental cleaning recommendations. METHODS: We conducted a prospective multicenter study of environmental contamination associated with C. auris colonization at six ventilator-capable skilled nursing facilities and one acute-care hospital in Illinois and California. Known C...
December 6, 2023: Clinical Infectious Diseases