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. 2022 Mar;50(3):358-360.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.10.037. Epub 2021 Nov 15.

A description of the first Candida auris-colonized individuals in New York State, 2016-2017

Karen Southwick  1 , Belinda Ostrowsky  2 , Jane Greenko  3 , Eleanor Adams  3 , Emily Lutterloh  4 ; NYS C. auris Team; Ronald Jean Denis  3 , Rutvik Patel  3 , Richard Erazo  3 , Raphael Fernandez  3 , Coralie Bucher  5 , Monica Quinn  5 , Crystal Green  3 , Sudha Chaturvedi  6 , Lynn Leach  5 , YanChun Zhu  5
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A description of the first Candida auris-colonized individuals in New York State, 2016-2017

Karen Southwick et al. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Candida auris (C. auris) is a globally emerging multidrug-resistant yeast. New York State (NYS) first detected C. auris in July 2016 and is the state most affected. This brief report describes characteristics of the first 114 individuals colonized with C. auris identified through active surveillance/screening by NYS Department of Health. "Colonized/screened" individuals were old (median age, 74 year), had extensive health care exposures and underlying conditions (multiple health care facility admissions in the 90 days prior with more than 80% requiring mechanical ventilation), and had 30- and 90-day mortality rates of 17.5% and 37.7%, respectively (with approximately 60% expired in the 2-year follow-up period). This description is helpful to inform additional prevention measures and add to the collective understanding of C. auris in the United States.

Keywords: Candida auris; colonization; patient and resident characteristics.

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