Stable bloodstream infection rates despite rising colonization: insights from a hospital system using in-house polymerase chain reaction screening for Candidozyma auris.

Abstract

Following the implementation of in-house Candidozyma auris (C. auris) polymerase chain reaction as part of our surveillance strategy, we observed increasing incidence rates of colonization with C. auris already present at hospital admission, while rates of hospital-onset clinical cultures remained stable. Timely detection of C. auris colonization can potentially mitigate horizontal transmission.