Candida auris Discovery through Community Wastewater Surveillance during Healthcare Outbreak, Nevada, USA, 2022

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Feb;29(2):422-425. doi: 10.3201/eid2902.221523.

Abstract

Candida auris transmission is steadily increasing across the United States. We report culture-based detection of C. auris in wastewater and the epidemiologic link between isolated strains and southern Nevada, USA, hospitals within the sampled sewershed. Our results illustrate the potential of wastewater surveillance for containing C. auris.

Keywords: Candida auris; Nevada; United States; antimicrobial resistance; candidiasis; fungi; nosocomial infections; outbreaks; wastewater; yeasts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Candida auris
  • Candida*
  • Candidiasis* / drug therapy
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Nevada / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Wastewater
  • Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring

Substances

  • Wastewater
  • Antifungal Agents

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