Can Chlorhexidine Bathing Reduce <i>Candidozyma auris</i> Shedding?
This settle plate study demonstrated rapid Candidozyma auris shedding during nursing home caregiving activities, with an 80% reduction when residual chlorhexidine gluconate concentrations ≥156 µg/mL. Findings highlight high-contact care as key transmission points and provide novel evidence that chlorhexidine-based decolonization can effectively mitigate C. auris transmission risk in long-term care.
Authors
- Julie A Shimabukuro
- Evelyn A Flores
- Gabrielle Gussin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-7613)
- Loren Gregory Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0487-1711)
- Ken Kleinman
- Raveena Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-3663)
- Susan S. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-3447)
- Raheeb Saavedra
- Cassiana E. Bittencourt
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Irvine Medical Center (US)
- Los Angeles Medical Center (US)
- UC Irvine Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf704
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.86