A Candida auris Outbreak and Its Control in an Intensive Care Setting.
David W EyreAnna E SheppardHilary MadderIan MoirRuth MoroneyT Phuong QuanDavid GriffithsSophie GeorgeLisa ButcherMarcus MorganRobert NewnhamMary SunderlandTiphanie ClarkeDona FosterPeter HoffmanAndrew M BormanElizabeth M JohnsonGinny MooreColin S BrownA Sarah WalkerTim E A PetoDerrick W CrookKatie J M JefferyPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2018)
The transmission of C. auris in this hospital outbreak was found to be linked to reusable axillary temperature probes, indicating that this emerging pathogen can persist in the environment and be transmitted in health care settings. (Funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at Oxford University and others.).
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- antimicrobial resistance
- candida albicans
- lymph node
- small molecule
- health information
- quality improvement
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- sentinel lymph node
- biofilm formation
- ultrasound guided
- living cells
- single molecule
- public health
- emergency department
- squamous cell carcinoma
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- climate change
- social media
- radiation therapy
- photodynamic therapy
- acute care
- adverse drug
- fluorescent probe
- drug induced