Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 12 patients tested with Candida auris
10.11816/cn.ni.2025-241148
- VernacularTitle:12例耳假丝酵母检出患者临床及流行病学特征
- Author:
Hongfang ZHANG
1
;
Jimei HU
;
Mingxia CHEN
;
Li YAN
;
Qingfang KONG
Author Information
1. 东南大学附属中大医院感染管理科,江苏南京 210009
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Candida auris;
Clinical characteristic;
Drug resistance;
Prevention and control measure;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2025;35(9):1417-1422
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical characteristics of the 12 patients tested with Candida auris in a three-A hospital so as to provide guidance for prevention and control of nosocomial C.auris infection.METHODS The specimens sources and departments where the C.auris strains were isolated as well as the drug resistance were retrospectively collected from Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University between Sep.2023 and Jun.2024.The clinical characteristics of the patients with C.auris infection were summarized.The epidemiological survey was conducted for the possibility of its transmission in hospitals,and the corresponding modified preven-tion measures were put forward.RESULTS Among the 12 patients who were tested with C.auris,10 were male,and 2 were female;the age ranged between 21 and 92 years old.Most of the patients were complicated with multi-ple underlying diseases and had the history of repeated hospitalization as well as the history of invasive operation procedures such as tracheotomy,urinary catheterization,gastric tube indwelling and venoarterial catheterization;in the meantime,other multidrug-resistant organisms(MDROs)and fungi were tested in those patients,and the patients used multiple types of antibiotics.Totally 16 strains of C.auris were isolated from the 12 patients with C.auris tested,62.50％(10/16)of which were isolated from urine specimens,18.75％(3/16)were isolated from sputum specimens,and 6.25％(1/16)were isolated from deep venous catheter,tissue biopsy and wound swab specimens.All of the 16 strains of C.auris were resistant to fluconazole and sensitive to caspofungin;4 strains were resistant to amphotericin B.Totally 2 patients had Candida auris infection,one was pulmonary infection,and the other was urinary tract infection,and the infection rate was 16.67％;both patients were cured.There were 10 cases of colonization,and the colonization rate was 83.33％.The result of epidemiological survey indicated that the C.auris that was tested in the No.8 patient may originate from the No.4 patient who carelessly brought from outside the hospital due to poor implementation of standardized prevention measures.CONCLUSIONS The patients tested with C.auris usually have complicated medical backgrounds.Although the colonized C.auris strains are dominant among the strains in the hospital,the related departments need to intensify the implementation of pre-vention measures so as to prevent the transmission of C.auris and pay special attention to the early identification and management of imported pathogens.
