Seattle hospital contained a C. auris outbreak in 6 months with zero infections

A six-month screening campaign contained a Candida auris outbreak at a Seattle hospital without a single patient developing a symptomatic infection, researchers reported Aug. 19 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Harborview Medical Center, a 500-bed public hospital and Level I trauma and burn center operated by UW Medicine, identified 29 patients colonized with the drug-resistant fungus […] The post…