Candida auris Invasive Infections during a COVID-19 Case Surge.

Blake M HansonAn Q DinhTruc T TranSebastian ArenasDarryl ProntyHayley B GershengornTanira FerreiraCesar A AriasBhavarth S Shukla

Published in: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (2021)

Clinical cases of C. auris noted during a COVID-19 surge led to an epidemiological, clinical, and genomic investigation. Evaluation identified a close genetic relationship but inconclusive epidemiologic link between all cases. Prolonged hospitalization due to critical illness from COVID-19 and use of antimicrobials may have contributed to clinical infections.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
copy number
gene expression
dna methylation
genome wide
staphylococcus aureus
candida albicans
pseudomonas aeruginosa
cystic fibrosis