Investigation of a Candida auris outbreak in a skilled nursing facility — Virginia, United States, October 2020–June 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Infect Control
• Personal Author:
  Waters, Ansley ; Chommanard, Christina ; Baltozer, Sara ; Angel, Luisa Cortes ; Abdelfattah, Rehab ; Lyman, Meghan ; Forsberg, Kaitlin ; Misas, Elizabeth ; Litvintseva, Anastasia P. ; Fields, Virgie ; Lineberger, Sarah ; Bernard, Shaina
• Description:
  Candida auris, an emerging multi-drug resistant organism, is an urgent public health threat. We report on a C. auris outbreak investigation at a Virginia ventilator skilled nursing facility. During October 2020-June 2021, we identified 28 cases among residents in the ventilator unit. Genomic evidence suggested ≥2 distinct C. auris introductions to the facility. We identified multiple infection and prevention control challenges, highlighting the importance of strengthening multi-drug resistant organism prevention efforts at ventilator skilled nursing facilities.
• Subjects:
  Antifungal Agents Candida Candida Auris Candidiasis Disease Outbreaks Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal Humans Skilled Nursing Facilities United States Virginia
• Keywords:
  Emerging Infectious Disease Infection Prevention And Control Multidrug Resistant Organism Ventilator Skilled Nursing Facility
• Source:
  Am J Infect Control. 51(4):472-474
• Pubmed ID:
  36535319
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11306588
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; NU38OT000297/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6501602c5376789f885dd02cb7cc3105aa169876cce792f94e842109791f4f8b4424999f774815199e6076814ab9de64c2d9e2eb866330d5b59794373c2641d0
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