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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
Research

Candida auris in South Africa, 2012–2016

Nelesh P. GovenderComments to Author , Rindidzani E. Magobo, Ruth Mpembe, Mabatho Mhlanga, Phelly Matlapeng, Craig Corcoran, Chetna Govind, Warren Lowman, Marthinus Senekal, and Juno Thomas
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa (N.P. Govender, R.E. Magobo, R. Mpembe, M. Mhlanga, P. Matlapeng, J. Thomas); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (N.P. Govender, R.E. Magobo, W. Lowman); Ampath Laboratories, Pretoria, South Africa (C. Corcoran); Lancet Laboratories, Durban, South Africa (C. Govind); Vermaak and Partners Pathologists, Johannesburg/Cape Town, South Africa (W. Lowman):; Pathcare Pathologists, Johannesburg (M. Senekal)

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Table

Characteristics of cases of Candida auris invasive disease versus colonization, South Africa, 2012–2016*

Characteristic Cases with available data, n = 1,579 Invasive disease, n = 451 Colonization, n = 1,128
Median patient age, y (interquartile range)†
 n = 1,576
 55 (41–68)
 63 (49–74)
Patient sex, no. (%) n = 1,540 n = 442 n = 1,098
M 957 (62) 273 (62) 684 (62)
F
 583 (38)
 169 (38)
 414 (38)
Health sector, no. (%) n = 1,549 n = 439 n = 1,110
Private 1,435 (93) 325 (74) 1,110 (100)
Public
 114 (7)
 114 (26)
 0
Province, no. (%) n = 1,465 n = 424 n = 1,041
Gauteng 1,336 (91) 380 (90) 956 (92)
Mpumalanga 72 (5) 25 (6) 47 (5)
North West 20 (1) 7 (2) 13 (1)
Other provinces 37 (3) 12 (2) 25 (2)

*Specimen type data were unavailable for 116 cases.
†Compared using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

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