First report of Candida auris in Peru

Authors

  • Martín Yagui-Moscoso Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Celia J. Paucar-Miranda Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud. Lima, Perú.
  • Roxana E. Sandoval-Ahumada Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud. Lima, Perú.
  • Rosa L. López-Martínez Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud. Lima, Perú.
  • Leonel Terrel-Gutierrez Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen EsSalud. Lima, Perú.
  • Susana Zurita-Macalapu Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.
  • Flor Urcia-Ausejo Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.
  • Diana Flores-León Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.
  • Ronnie Gavilan-Chávez Instituto Nacional de Salud. Lima, Perú.
  • Zenobia Quispe-Pardo Centro Nacional de Epidemiología. Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v82i1.20739

Keywords:

Candida auris, candidemia, drug resistance, fungal

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging fungus that has gained great relevance as a global public health problem in a short time. The presence of Candida auris in 3 adult patients admitted to a national hospital of high complexity in the last quarter of 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is reported for the first time in Peru. The patients were hospitalized in the ICU, however, this germ was isolated in only 2 patients while they were hospitalized in the ICU. The patients had various comorbidities and long hospitalization times from admission to having their first culture positive for C. auris. All patients acquired a bacterial nosocomial infection at some point during their hospitalization and received broad-spectrum antibiotics. All isolates were resistant to Fluconazole. The hospital's infection control team reinforced containment measures and the Ministry of Health issued an epidemiological alert.

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Published

2021-07-13

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Reporte de Casos

How to Cite

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Yagui-Moscoso M, Paucar-Miranda CJ, Sandoval-Ahumada RE, López-Martínez RL, Terrel-Gutierrez L, Zurita-Macalapu S, et al. First report of Candida auris in Peru. An Fac med [Internet]. 2021 Jul. 13 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];82(1). Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/20739