By David Wild
With high rates of both transmission and death, Candida auris is a growing concern for health care institutions and public health agencies. However, the right measures and a team approach mean it is possible to stop transmission and reduce the toll from the pathogen.
At Rochester Regional Health, a 528-bed hospital in New York, C. auris was contained after a woman was admitted for small-bowel obstruction and fever secondary to metastatic colon cancer.
On her third day of