Candida auris Infection Leading to Nosocomial Transmission, Israel, 2017

Abstract

A patient transferred from South Africa to Israel acquired a Candida auris infection. Phylogenetic analysis showed resemblance of C. auris to isolates from South Africa but not Israel, suggesting travel-associated infection. C. auris infection occurred weeks later in another patient at the same hospital, suggesting prolonged environmental persistence.

Keywords

• Candida auris
• travel
• phylogeography
• nosocomial infection
• outbreak
• fungi