897. Prevalence of Candida auris at Body Sites, Characterization of Skin Microbiota, and Relation of Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) Skin Concentration to C. auris Detection Among Patients at a High-Prevalence Ventilator-Capable Skilled Nursing Facility (vSNF) with Established CHG Bathing

BACKGROUND: vSNF patients are at high risk of colonization and infection with C. auris. CHG bathing has been used as an intervention to reduce nosocomial transmission of multi-drug-resistant organisms, but its effect on C. auris is unclear. METHODS: We studied a 70-bed ventilator ward in a 300-bed v...

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Publicado no:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Hayden, Mary K, Dangana, Thelma E, Yelin, Rachel D, Schoeny, Michael, Bell, Pamela B, Stanley, Mary, Preite, Nailliw, Khan, Nadia, Edomwande, Osayuwamen, Black, Stephanie R, Pacilli, Massimo, Huang, Xin, Deming, Clay, Lin, Michael Y, Segre, Julia A
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809262/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.056
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