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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

Research

Accelerated Increase in Candida auris Bloodstream Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, South Africa

Husna Ismail, Olga Perovic, Ruth Mpembe, Warren Lowman, Chetna Govind, Pieter Ekermans, Waasila Jassat, Richard Welch, and Nelesh P. GovenderComments to Author 
Author affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa (H. Ismail, O. Perovic, R. Mpembe, W. Jassat, R. Welch, N.P. Govender); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (R. Mpembe, W. Lowman, N.P. Govender); Vermaak and Partners/Pathcare Pathologists, Pretoria, South Africa (W. Lowman); Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg (W. Lowman); Lancet Laboratories, Durban, South Africa (C. Govind); Ampath Microbiology National Reference Laboratory, Centurion, South Africa (P. Ekermans)

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Figure 1

Total number of cases of Candida auris BSI by health sector in study of accelerated increase in C. auris BSIs during COVID-19 pandemic, by month and cumulative, South Africa, January 2019–June 2022. Blue bars represent cases in the private sector (n = 10,826), orange bars represent cases in the public sector (n = 4,567), and black dashed line represents the cumulative number of Candida BSI cases in South Africa. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. BSI, bloodstream infection.

Figure 1. Total number of cases of Candida auris BSI by health sector in study of accelerated increase in C. auris BSIs during COVID-19 pandemic, by month and cumulative, South Africa, January 2019–June 2022. Blue bars represent cases in the private sector (n = 10,826), orange bars represent cases in the public sector (n = 4,567), and black dashed line represents the cumulative number of Candida BSI cases in South Africa. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. BSI, bloodstream infection.

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