A High Frequency of Candida auris Blood Stream Infections in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units, Northwestern India: A Case Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has overwhelmed healthcare facilities and raises an important novel concern of nosocomial transmission of Candida species in the intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods

We evaluated the incidence and risk factors for development of candidemia in 2384 COVID-19 patients admitted during August 2020-January 2021 in ICUs of 2 hospitals (Delhi and Jaipur) in India. A 1:2 case-control matching was used to identify COVID-19 patients who did not develop candidemia as controls.

Results

A total of 33 patients developed candidemia and accounted for an overall incidence of 1.4% over a median ICU stay of 24 days. A 2-fold increase in the incidence of candidemia in COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 patients was ob

SUBMITTER: Rajni E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8522362 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature