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Abstract
For the first time, we identified 15 cases of Candida auris in Shenyang, China, and then performed a risk factor assessment for these patients compared with 30 control subjects who were hospitalized in the same ward during the same period of time as the infected patients. We found that diarrhea, gastrointestinal decompression, infection, or colonization with other Candida isolates (especially Candida albicans) and tetracycline antibiotics were all risk factors for C. auris infection or colonization. Diarrhea and tetracycline antibiotics were independent risk factors. We suggest clinicians pay special attention to the emergence of multidrug-resistant C. auris infections or colonization.
Acknowledgements
This study was financially supported by a research grant (81101290) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and another research grant (2008225010-10) from the Liaoning Science & Technology projects.
Author contributions
Su Fei Tian, Chen Rong, and Yun Zhuo Chu made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of the data, or analysis and interpretation of the data; Fu shun Li, Hua Nian, and Shi Tong Cheng were involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and Hong Shang provided final approval of the version to be published.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
