TY - JOUR AU - Rossi, Alessandro AU - Chavez, Jorge AU - Iverson, Thomas AU - Hergert, John AU - Oakeson, Kelly AU - LaCross, Nathan AU - Njoku, Chidinma AU - Gorzalski, Andrew AU - Gerrity, Daniel T1 - Candida auris Discovery through Community Wastewater Surveillance during Healthcare Outbreak, Nevada, USA, 2022 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 2 SP - 422 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Candida auris transmission is steadily increasing across the United States. We report culture-based detection of C. auris in wastewater and the epidemiologic link between isolated strains and southern Nevada, USA, hospitals within the sampled sewershed. Our results illustrate the potential of wastewater surveillance for containing C. auris. KW - Candida auris KW - candidiasis KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - wastewater KW - nosocomial infections KW - outbreaks KW - fungi KW - yeasts KW - Nevada KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2902.221523 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/2/22-1523_article ER - End of Reference