Increase in Candida auris infections among EU/EEA nations between 2020 and 2021 ECDC_EU CandidaAuris EU Infections Increase
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaNov 21 2022Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study published in Eurosurveillance, researchers evaluated the trends in Candida auris infections among European Union/European Economic Area nations between 2020 and 2021.
About the study In the present study, researchers assessed changing patterns in Candida auris infections among EU/EUA nations and presented the combined results of the three ECDC Candida auris surveys. Results All the 30 EU/EEA nations invited responded to the third survey. Agglomerating data of the three Candida auris surveys showed that 1,812 cases of Candida auris infections were documented by 15 nations between 2013 and 2021. Within a year, C. auris infection case counts almost doubled , and the counts were considerably greater than those reported previously.
Available data mentioned that documented cases originated from African nations , Middle East nations [United Arab Emirates , Kuwait, and Iraq] and Asian nations . Twelve laboratories used MALDI-TOF MS for Candida auris identification, 10 detected the organism by a combination of MALDI-TOF MS and other techniques such as ITS sequencing whereas one laboratory used only ITS sequencing for C. auris detection.
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