Hospital detects rise in C. auris during pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a hospital in Washington, D.C., experienced an increase in patients colonized or infected with Candida auris, many of them recent transfers from a long-term care facility.
The cases underscore the need to isolate and screen high-risk patients for C. auris to prevent its spread, Navitha Woddor, DO, a PGY-2 in the pathology department at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and colleagues said.
In research presented at ASM Microbe, they noted that the pandemic has strained resources for hospital infection prevention and control

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a hospital in Washington, D.C., experienced an increase in patients colonized or infected with Candida auris, many of them recent transfers from a long-term care facility.
The cases underscore the need to isolate and screen high-risk patients for C. auris to prevent its spread, Navitha Woddor, DO, a PGY-2 in the pathology department at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and colleagues said.
In research presented at ASM Microbe, they noted that the pandemic has strained resources for hospital infection prevention and control