Prevalence of Candida auris in Canadian acute care hospitals among at-risk patients, 2018

Abstract

To identify the prevalence of C. auris in Canadian patients who are potentially at risk for colonization, we screened 488 patients who were either hospitalized abroad, had a carbapenemase-producing organism (CPO), or were in units with high antifungal use. Two patients were colonized with C. auris; both had received healthcare in India and had a CPO. Among 35 patients who had recently received healthcare in the Indian subcontinent and were CPO colonized or infected, the prevalence of C. auris was 5.7%.

Candida auris on Apples: Diversity and Clinical Significance

“…Interestingly, the French strain (CNRMA15-337; SRR10723348 ) was from a patient on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean and who had travel history to India ( 6 , 34 ). Similarly, of the two strains from Canada that showed close relationships to three fruit strains (VPCI/F1/A/2020, VPCI/F5/A/2020, and VPCI/F6/E/2020), one (strain CNISP2, i.e., SRR10554762 ) was from a patient who was previously hospitalized in India ( 35 ), while no demographic information is available for the other strain, B13464 (i.e., SRR10461158 ) ( 6 ). Together, these results suggest that stored apples could be a source of transmission of C. auris in health care settings.…”

Investigation of Candida auris in Tanta University Hospitals, Egypt

“…This supports our result that no C. auris was found in Tanta University hospitals. This could be explained by the hypothesis suggesting that C. auris spreads from existing clades present in endemic countries to new countries, not emerges as new strains following the misuse of antifungal drugs 24 . According to the last update of CDC report, C. auris has been detected in 47 countries, of which 11 countries reported only one case of C. auris 22 .…”

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“…В мае 2017 г. в Канаде был зарегистрирован первый случай инфекции C. auris, обладавшей полирезистентно стью [73]. По состоянию на март 2020 г. в Канаде было выявлено 24 случая инфицирования данным видом [74].…”