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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026
Letter
Candida auris Testing by the Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network, United States, 2022–2023
Jessica E. Laury, Kaitlin Forsberg, Elizabeth L. Berkow, Sophie Jones, D. Joseph Sexton, Dawn M. Sievert, Shawn R. Lockhart, Jeremy A.W. Gold1
, and Meghan Lyman1
, and Meghan Lyman1
Table
Clinical isolates of Candida auris, by region and body site, Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network, United States, 2022–2023
| Characteristic |
No. (%) isolates |
||
| All, n = 8,033 |
2022, n = 3,064 |
2023, n = 4,969 |
|
| Region where specimen was collected | |||
| Central | 37 (0) | 2 (0) | 35 (1) |
| Mid-Atlantic | 513 (6) | 156 (5) | 357 (7) |
| Midwest | 904 (11) | 329 (11) | 575 (12) |
| Mountain | 526 (7) | 288 (9) | 238 (5) |
| Northeast | 1,512 (19) | 665 (22) | 847 (17) |
| Southeast | 1,672 (21) | 647 (21) | 1,025 (21) |
| West | 1,967 (24) | 775 (25) | 1,192 (24) |
| Not reported |
902 (11) |
202 (7) |
700 (14) |
| Body site | |||
| Blood | 2,856 (36) | 1,185 (39) | 1,671 (34) |
| Respiratory | 715 (9) | 277 (9) | 438 (9) |
| Urine | 2,598 (32) | 933 (30) | 1,665 (34) |
| Wound | 1,026 (13) | 393 (13) | 633 (13) |
| Other | 838 (10) | 276 (9) | 562 (11) |
1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.
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