Stable bloodstream infection rates despite rising colonization: insights from a hospital system using in-house polymerase chain reaction screening for <i>Candidozyma auris</i>

Following the implementation of in-house <i>Candidozyma auris</i> (<i>C. auris</i>) polymerase chain reaction as part of our surveillance strategy, we observed increasing incidence rates of colonization with <i>C. auris</i> already present at hospital admission, while rates of hospital-onset clinical cultures remained stable. Timely detection of <i>C. auris</i> colonization can potentially mitigate horizontal transmission.