Candida auris Outbreak in a COVID-19 Specialty Care Unit — Florida, July–August 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Prestel, Christopher ; Anderson, Erica ; Forsberg, Kaitlin ; Lyman, Meghan ; de Perio, Marie A. ; Kuhar, David ; Edwards, Kendra ; Rivera, Maria ; Shugart, Alicia ; Walters, Maroya ; Dotson, Nychie Q.
• Description:
  In July 2020, the Florida Department of Health was alerted to three Candida auris bloodstream infections and one urinary tract infection in four patients with coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who received care in the same dedicated COVID-19 unit of an acute care hospital (hospital A). C. auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infection. Its ability to colonize patients asymptomatically and persist on surfaces has contributed to previous C. auris outbreaks in health care settings (1-7). Since the first C. auris case was identified in Florida in 2017, aggressive measures have been implemented to limit spread, including contact tracing and screening upon detection of a new case. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital A conducted admission screening for C. auris and admitted colonized patients to a separate dedicated ward.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Candida Candidiasis CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Female Hospital Units Humans Male Middle Aged

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 70(2):56-57
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  33444298
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7808709
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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