標題: Are we ready for the global emergence of multidrug-resistant Candida auris in Taiwan?
作者: Lu, Po-Liang
Liu, Wei-Lun
Lo, Hsiu-Jung
Wang, Fu-Der
Ko, Wen-Chien
Hsueh, Po-Ren
Ho, Mao-Wang
Liu, Chun-Eng
Chen, Yen-Hsu
Chen, Yee-Chun
Chuang, Yin-Ching
Chang, Shan-Chwen
生物科技學系
Department of Biological Science and Technology
關鍵字: Candida auris;Laboratory;Identification;Epidemiology;Taiwan
公開日期: 1-Jun-2018
摘要: Candida auris is a recently identified multi-resistant Candida species, first reported in Japan in 2009, and poses a serious global health threat. Lack of awareness of this new Candida species and difficulties with laboratory identification have impacted significantly on outbreak detection and management, and compromised patient outcome. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to raise awareness of healthcare personnel to this emerging pathogen and determine its prevalence, impact, and challenges to the Taiwan healthcare system. Enhanced laboratory testing strategies are needed to differentiate C. auris from other Candida species to provide accurate diagnosis and implement control measures early enough to prevent hospital outbreaks. In this report, we review the key epidemiological, microbiological and clinical characteristics of C. auris and provide the results of a multicenter surveillance study of C. auris in Taiwan. We also conducted a web-based survey to determine awareness of the medical community to C. auris and the capability of Taiwanese hospital laboratories to identify this microorganism. C. auris has not yet been isolated from humans in Taiwan, but the unique features of this microorganism and its ability to reach across international boundaries justify the importance of these initiatives in Taiwan.(C) 2017, Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2017.10.005
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/144999
ISSN: 0929-6646
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2017.10.005
期刊: JOURNAL OF THE FORMOSAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume: 117
起始頁: 462
結束頁: 470
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