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Relative Resistance of the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris and Other Candida Species to Killing by Ultraviolet Light

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

Jennifer L. Cadnum ,
Aaron A. Shaikh ,
Christina T. Piedrahita ,
Annette L. Jencson ,
Emily L. Larkin ,
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Jennifer L. Cadnum
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Aaron A. Shaikh
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Christina T. Piedrahita
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Annette L. Jencson
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Emily L. Larkin
Affiliation:
Center for Medical Mycology, Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Affiliation:
Center for Medical Mycology, Case Western Reserve University University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
*
Address correspondence to Curtis J. Donskey, MD, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (curtisd123@yahoo.com).
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Abstract

Mobile ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light room decontamination devices are frequently used as an adjunct to standard cleaning in healthcare facilities, but their efficacy in killing Candida species is not clear. In laboratory testing, the emerging multidrug-resistant Candida auris and 2 other Candida species were significantly less susceptible to killing by UV-C than methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:94–96

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 94 - 96
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© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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