Follow Contact Precautions for Patients With Candida auris

May 2023

Headlines are buzzing about the multidrug-resistant yeast, Candida auris...which has spread to more than half of states.

C. auris has high mortality...spreads easily...contaminates surfaces...and is tough to eliminate.

Expect to dispense an “echinocandin” antifungal...anidulafungin, caspofungin, or micafungin...when C. auris is suspected or confirmed. Fluconazole is unlikely to work.

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