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Prevalence, risk factors, treatment and outcome of multidrug resistance Candida auris infections in Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) patients: A systematic review
- Source :
- Mycoses. 65:613-624
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2022.
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Abstract
- Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen in intensive care settings (ICU). During the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, ICU admissions were overwhelmed, possibly contributing to the C. auris outbreak in COVID-19 patients.The present systematic review addresses the prevalence, underlying diseases, iatrogenic risk factors, treatment and outcome of C. auris infections in COVID-19 patients.MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science and LitCovid databases were systematically searched with appropriate keywords from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021.A total of 97 cases of C. auris were identified in COVID-19 patients. The pooled prevalence of C. auris infections (encompassing candidemia and non-candidemia cases) in COVID-19 patients was 14%. The major underlying diseases were diabetes mellitus (42.7%), hypertension (32.9%) and obesity (14.6%), followed by the iatrogenic risk factors such as a central venous catheter (76.8%%), intensive care unit (ICU) stay (75.6%) and broad-spectrum antibiotic usage (74.3%). There were no significant differences in underlying disease and iatrogenic risk factors among C. auris non-candidemia/colonisation and C. auris candidemia cases. The mortality rate of the total cohort is 44.4%, whereas, in C. auris candidemia patients, the mortality was 64.7%.This study shows that the prevalence of C. auris infections remains unchanged in the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital-acquired risk factors may contribute to the clinical illness. Proper infection control practices and hospital surveillance may stop future hospital outbreaks during the pandemic.
Details
- ISSN :
- 14390507 and 09337407
- Volume :
- 65
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Mycoses
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....352d767e53b10859e59e0bbe9ce9a400