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Table 2 Case definitions

From: Evaluating the measures taken to contain a Candida auris outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in South India: an outbreak investigational study

Hospital acquired C. auris infection

Isolation of C. auris from any body fluids obtained from a specimen collected > 48 h after hospital admission.

Prior antifungal exposure

Empirical or prophylactic therapy with antifungals within 30 days prior to the diagnosis of C. auris infection.

Clinical cure

Complete resolution of all clinical signs and symptoms of focus of infections pertaining to C. auris as evidenced by complete resolution of fever and attainment of hemodynamic stability, if normal before starting treatment.

Microbiological cure

Negative culture or absence of C. auris in repeat cultures