Isolation of Candida auris from Ear of Otherwise Healthy Patient, Austria, 2018

Abstract

The emerging pathogen Candida auris is isolated mostly from hospitalized patients and often shows multidrug resistance. We report on the isolation of this yeast in Austria from an outpatient’s auditory canal. The isolate showed good susceptibility against antifungals except for echinocandins; the patient was treated successfully with topical administration of nystatin.

Keywords

• Candida auris
• otitis externa
• emerging yeast
• Austria
• yeast
• fungi