<i>Candida auris</i> Discovery through Community Wastewater Surveillance during Healthcare Outbreak, Nevada, USA, 2022
Alessandro Rossi, Jorge Chavez, Thomas J. Iverson, John E. Hergert, Kelly F. Oakeson, Nathan LaCross, Chidinma Njoku, Andrew Gorzalski, Daniel Gerrity
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.
Topics & Concepts
Candida aurisOutbreakWastewaterTransmission (telecommunications)Health careMedicineMicrobiologyGeographyVirologyBiologyAntifungalWaste managementEngineeringTelecommunicationsPolitical scienceLawAntifungal resistance and susceptibilitySARS-CoV-2 detection and testingBiosensors and Analytical Detection