Persistent colonization of Candida auris among inpatients rescreened as part of a weekly surveillance program

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Arenas, Sebastian P. ; Persad, Patrice J. ; Patel, Samira ; Parekh, Dipen J. ; Ferreira, Tanira B.D. ; Farinas, Mirian ; Sexton, D. Joseph ; Lyman, Meghan ; Gershengorn, Hayley B. ; Shukla, Bhavarth S.
• Description:
  We established a surveillance program to evaluate persistence of | colonization among hospitalized patients. Overall, 17 patients (34%) had ≥1 negative result followed by a positive test, and 7 (41%) of these patients had ≥2 consecutive negative tests.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Candida Candidiasis Cross Infection Female Humans Inpatients Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance

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• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 45(6):762-765
• Pubmed ID:
  38087651
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11302382
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:5236e22f5a8798ee72647672d996763ebf0d9dc61443ce8ae0b5ad8aea6c79ca2fc81484294f6ba84551542935e68da5b1a9174386c01ff77a00e7a20a56e3ee
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/159602/cdc_159602_DS1.pdf
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