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Worsening Spread of Candida auris in the United States, 2019 to 2021

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of Internal Medicine, April 2023
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Title
Worsening Spread of Candida auris in the United States, 2019 to 2021
Published in
Annals of Internal Medicine, April 2023
DOI 10.7326/m22-3469
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Authors

Meghan Lyman, Kaitlin Forsberg, D. Joseph Sexton, Nancy A. Chow, Shawn R. Lockhart, Brendan R. Jackson, Tom Chiller

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging fungal threat that has been spreading in the United States since it was first reported in 2016. To describe recent changes in the U.S. epidemiology of C auris occurring from 2019 to 2021. Description of national surveillance data. United States. Persons with any specimen that was positive for C auris. Case counts reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by health departments, volume of colonization screening, and antifungal susceptibility results were aggregated and compared over time and by geographic region. A total of 3270 clinical cases and 7413 screening cases of C auris were reported in the United States through 31 December 2021. The percentage increase in clinical cases grew each year, from a 44% increase in 2019 to a 95% increase in 2021. Colonization screening volume and screening cases increased in 2021 by more than 80% and more than 200%, respectively. From 2019 to 2021, 17 states identified their first C auris case. The number of C auris cases that were resistant to echinocandins in 2021 was about 3 times that in each of the previous 2 years. Identification of screening cases depends on screening that is done on the basis of need and available resources. Screening is not conducted uniformly across the United States, so the true burden of C auris cases may be underestimated. C auris cases and transmission have risen in recent years, with a dramatic increase in 2021. The rise in echinocandin-resistant cases and evidence of transmission is particularly concerning because echinocandins are first-line therapy for invasive Candida infections, including C auris. These findings highlight the need for improved detection and infection control practices to prevent spread of C auris. None.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 49 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 7 14%
Researcher 6 12%
Other 5 10%
Student > Master 4 8%
Student > Bachelor 4 8%
Other 5 10%
Unknown 18 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 6 12%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 6%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 18 37%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4024. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 September 2023.
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#1,174
of 24,494,826 outputs
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#11
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#27
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Outputs of similar age from Annals of Internal Medicine
#2
of 133 outputs
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