Rapid Environmental Contamination with Candida auris and Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens Near Colonized Patients.
Sarah E SansomGabrielle M GussinMichael E SchoenyRaveena D SinghHira AdilPamela BellEllen C BensonCassiana E BittencourtStephanie BlackMaria Del Mar Villanueva GuzmanMary Carl FroilanChristine FukudaKarina BarsegyanEllen GoughMeghan LymanJinal MakhijaStefania MarronLydia MikhailJudith Noble-WangMassimo PacilliRobert PedrozaRaheeb SaavedraD Joseph SextonJulie ShimabukuroLahari ThotapalliMatthew ZahnSusan S HuangMary K HaydenPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
C. auris can contaminate the healthcare environment rapidly after disinfection, highlighting the challenges associated with environmental disinfection. Future research should investigate long-acting disinfectants, antimicrobial surfaces, and more effective patient skin antisepsis to reduce the environmental reservoir of C. auris and bacterial MDROs in healthcare settings.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- drinking water
- multidrug resistant
- human health
- end stage renal disease
- gram negative
- risk assessment
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- staphylococcus aureus
- peritoneal dialysis
- biofilm formation
- prognostic factors
- candida albicans
- case report
- current status
- health risk
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- cystic fibrosis
- antimicrobial resistance
- health information
- wound healing
- klebsiella pneumoniae