A cluster investigation of Candida auris among hospitalized incarcerated patients

• Main Authors: April N. McDougal (Author), Mary Ann DeMaet (Author), Bobbiejean Garcia (Author), Teresa York (Author), Thomas Iverson (Author), Olugbenga Ojo (Author), Janak Patel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: Investigate and mitigate a cluster of Candida auris cases among incarcerated patients in a maximum-security prison hospital utilizing contact tracing, screening, whole genome sequencing, and environmental sampling and decontamination. Design: Outbreak investigation. Setting: Inpa...