Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities are a Potential Source for Transmission ofCandida aurisand OtherCandidaSpecies

Abstract

Contaminated surfaces have been implicated as a potential route for dissemination of the emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogenCandida auris. In laboratory testing,C. aurisand otherCandidaspecies persisted for 7 days on moist or dry surfaces.Candidaspecies were recovered frequently from the hospital environment, particularly from moist surfaces.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol2017;38:1107–1109