Clinical management for Candida auris infection: an integrative review
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Clinical management for Candida auris infection: an integrative review
Introduction: Candida auris has been presented as a highly virulent fungus with important resistance capacity. It is considered an emerging, opportunistic fungus and an agent of infections with high mortality rates. Its mechanisms of resistance and morphological plasticity are tools that help this fungus in its dissemination. Colonizing especially the skin and hospital fomites for long periods of time, it makes immune debilitated patients its target. Objective: To provide information on clinical management in the treatment of C. auris infection, in addition to exposing the mechanisms of resistance against the main antifungals available, hospital control measures and the type of population most vulnerable to this fungal infection. Method: This is an integrative review with the synthesis of articles searched in the PubMed, BVS and SciELO databases in the period 2021-2023. Articles that aimed at therapeutic strategies and clinical management of patients infected with C. auris were selected. Results: Eight articles were selected to compose this review, after reading and excluding duplicates. The articles dealt with the design of experimental studies, cohort, case reports, in addition to other reviews. The database that most contributed to the research was PubMed. Conclusion: The use of echinocandin-derived antifungals proved to be the first line of treatment for cases of this fungal infection for all currently identified strains. In addition, measures of asepsis and hygiene of the infected patient in the hospital environment should be prioritized in confirmed cases.
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