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Volume 31, Number 3—March 2025

Synopsis

Candida auris Outbreak and Epidemiologic Response in Burn Intensive Care Unit, Illinois, USA, 2021–2023

Hannah J. Barbian1Comments to Author , Louise Lie1, Alyse Kittner, Amanda Harrington, Joshua Carson, Mabel Frias, David H. Slade, Do Young Kim, Stephanie Black, Jorge P. Parada2, and Mary K. Hayden2
Author affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA (H.J. Barbian, M.K. Hayden); Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA (L. Lie, A. Harrington, J. Carson, D.H. Slade, J.P. Parada); Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago (A. Kittner, D.Y. Kim, S. Black); Cook County Department of Public Health, Forest Park, Illinois, USA (M. Frias)

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Figure 2

Case timeline for outbreak of Candida auris in burn intensive care unit (BICU), Illinois, USA, 2021–2023. Horizontal bars indicate BICU admission duration for each patient; bar colors indicate genomic cluster (blue, cluster 1; green, cluster 2; purple, cluster 3; orange, cluster 4; gray, not sequenced or no cluster). Diamonds indicate collection date of the first C. auris isolate and any subsequent isolates that were subjected to whole-genome sequencing; filled diamonds mean the isolate was sequenced, unfilled, not sequenced. In 2 instances (patient 4 and 9), C. auris was isolated after discharge from the BICU.

Figure 2. Case timeline for outbreak of Candida auris in burn intensive care unit (BICU), Illinois, USA, 2021–2023. Horizontal bars indicate BICU admission duration for each patient; bar colors indicate genomic cluster (blue, cluster 1; green, cluster 2; purple, cluster 3; orange, cluster 4; gray, not sequenced or no cluster). Diamonds indicate collection date of the first C. auris isolate and any subsequent isolates that were subjected to whole-genome sequencing; filled diamonds mean the isolate was sequenced, unfilled, not sequenced. In 2 instances (patient 4 and 9), C. auris was isolated after discharge from the BICU.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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