From: First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital
Clinical manifestation of C. auris cases | Percent (total number) |
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Colonization only | 56 % (n = 28/50) |
Candidaemia episodes (one patient had two episodes) | 18 % (n = 9/50) |
Possible sternal wound infection (culture positive and clinical signs of infection) | 6.3 % (n = 3/50) |
Possible urinary catheter infection (culture positive before and after catheter change and response to antifungal treatment) | 2 % (n = 1/50) |
Possible vascular line tip infection (positive line tip culture treated empirically with antifungal agent) | 14 % (n = 7/50) |
Presumed invasive candidiasis of unknown focus of infection | 4 % (n = 2*/50) |