Table 1 Candida auris cases in the three hospitals included in the study

Demographics

  Mean age (years)

66.5

50.8

65.3

63.3

  Gender (% of men)

100.00%

60.00%

81.80%

80.00%

Comorbidities

  cardiovascular disease

1

2

22

25

  diabetes mellitus

0

1

11

12

  CKD

0

2

4

6

  liver disease

0

0

4

4

  malignancy

1

0

2

3

  chronic lung disease

0

0

2

2

  HIV

0

0

2

2

Risk factors for C. auris presence

  mean days before first isolation

25.5

23.2

34.7

32.8

  patients with prior ICU admission

1

4

26

31

  broad spectrum antibiotics before isolation

2

5

33

40

  antifungals before isolation

1

2

24

27

  COVID-19

1

0

8

9

Total patients with infection*

  bloodstream infection

0

4

11

15

  urinary

0

3

7

10

  hospital-acquired pneumonia

0

0

5

5

  infected bedsore

0

0

1

1

  patients with multiple-site isolation

0

3

3

6

Total patients with colonization

  urine

2

0

3

5

  central line

0

1

1

2

  upper respiratory tract

0

0

1

1

Undetermined

0

0

7

7

  upper respiratory tract

0

0

5

5

  urine

0

0

2

2

All-cause mortality for infected patients

0

1 (25%)

17 (81%)

18 (72%)

All cause mortality for colonized patients

1 (50%)

1 (100%)

2 (40%)

4 (50%)

All cause mortality for undetermined cases

0

0

4 (57%)

4 (57%)

Total cases

2

5

33

40