Management of Patients with Candida auris Fungemia at Community Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 2016–2018

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging fungus that can cause invasive infections. It is associated with high mortality rates and resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs and is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods. We describe the management and outcomes of 9 patients with C. auris fungemia in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Keywords

• fungi
• fungemia
• antifungal drugs
• antifungal resistance
• antifungal susceptibility
• antimicrobial resistance