Multicenter evaluation of contamination of the healthcare environment near patients with Candida auris skin colonization

• Main Authors: Sarah Sansom (Author), Gabrielle M. Gussin (Author), Raveena D Singh (Author), Pamela B Bell (Author), Ellen Benson Jinal (Author), Makhija (Author), Raheeb Froilan (Author), Raheeb Saavedra (Author), Robert Pedroza (Author), Christine Thotapalli (Author), Christine Fukuda (Author), Ellen Gough (Author), Stefania Marron (Author), Maria Del Mar Villanueva Guzman (Author), Julie A. Shimabukuro (Author), Lydia Mikhail (Author), Stephanie Black (Author), Massimo Pacilli (Author), Hira Adil (Author), Cassiana E. Bittencourt (Author), Matthew Zahn (Author), Nicholas Moore (Author), D. Joseph Sexton (Author), Judith Noble-Wang (Author), Meghan Lyman (Author), Michael Lin (Author), Susan Huang (Author), Mary Hayden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that is transmitted in healthcare facilities and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Environmental contamination is suspected to play an important role in transmission but additional information is needed to infor...