Increasing threat to the healthcare setting: Candida auris.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes the current knowledge related to infection prevention for Candida auris in the healthcare setting. Colonization, pathogenesis, and control strategies are discussed.

RECENT FINDINGS: There are numerous well documented C. auris outbreaks in healthcare settings, however, evidence is lacking on how to manage these colonized and postinfection patients long term in the acute care setting.

SUMMARY: C. auris is an emerging fungal pathogen with unique characteristics that make it challenging to eradicate in healthcare settings once introduced. Mitigation and control strategies have been investigated, but more research is needed about tangible effects of skin colonization, environmental disinfection, duration of transmission-based precautions, and topical decolonization.