Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today
Candida auris has emerged as a global healthcare threat, displaying resistance to important healthcare antifungal therapies. Infection prevention and control protocols have become paramount in reducing transmission of C. auris in healthcare, of which cleaning and disinfection plays an important role...
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| description | Candida auris has emerged as a global healthcare threat, displaying resistance to important healthcare antifungal therapies. Infection prevention and control protocols have become paramount in reducing transmission of C. auris in healthcare, of which cleaning and disinfection plays an important role. Candida albicans is used as a surrogate yeast for yeasticidal claims of disinfection products, but reports have been made that sensitivity to disinfectants by C. auris differs from its surrogate. In this review, we aimed to compile the information reported for products used for skin and hard surface disinfection against C. auris in its planktonic or biofilm form. A comparison was made with other Candida species, and information were gathered from laboratory studies and observations made in healthcare settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81ef8a792f124a5fa2ddad0378c7bac82024-02-07T05:29:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2024-02-011110.3389/fmed.2024.13129291312929Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know todaySoraya Omardien0Peter Teska1Diversey Holdings Ltd., Utrecht, NetherlandsDiversey Holdings Ltd., Fort Mill, SC, United StatesCandida auris has emerged as a global healthcare threat, displaying resistance to important healthcare antifungal therapies. Infection prevention and control protocols have become paramount in reducing transmission of C. auris in healthcare, of which cleaning and disinfection plays an important role. Candida albicans is used as a surrogate yeast for yeasticidal claims of disinfection products, but reports have been made that sensitivity to disinfectants by C. auris differs from its surrogate. In this review, we aimed to compile the information reported for products used for skin and hard surface disinfection against C. auris in its planktonic or biofilm form. A comparison was made with other Candida species, and information were gathered from laboratory studies and observations made in healthcare settings.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1312929/fullskin disinfectionhard-surface disinfectionCandidaCandida aurisyeasticidal efficacy |
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| title | Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today |
| title_full | Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today |
| title_fullStr | Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today |
| title_short | Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today |
| title_sort | skin and hard surface disinfection against candida auris what we know today |
| topic | skin disinfection hard-surface disinfection Candida Candida auris yeasticidal efficacy |
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