Axillary Digital Thermometers uplifted a multidrug-susceptible Candida auris outbreak among COVID-19 patients in Brazil.
João Nobrega Almeida JuniorIgor B BrandãoElaine Cristina FranciscoSilvio Luis R de AlmeidaPatrícia de Oliveira DiasFelicidade M PereiraFábio Santos FerreiraThaisse Souza de AndradeMagda M de Miranda CostaRegiane T de Souza JordãoJacques F MeisArnaldo Lopes Colombonull nullPublished in: Mycoses (2021)
Emergence of C. auris in Salvador, Brazil, may be related to local C. auris clade I closely related genotypes. Contaminated axillary monitoring thermometers may facilitate the dissemination of C. auris reinforcing the concept that these reusable devices should be carefully cleaned with an effective disinfectant or replaced by other temperature monitoring methods.