Candida auris Discovery through Community Wastewater Surveillance during Healthcare Outbreak, Nevada, USA, 2022.

ABSTRACT: Candida auris transmission is steadily increasing across the United States. We report culture-based detection of C. auris in wastewater and the epidemiologic link between isolated strains and southern Nevada, USA, hospitals within the sampled sewershed. Our results illustrate the potential of wastewater surveillance for containing C. auris.

SUBMITTER: Rossi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9881792 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature