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Table 5 Baseline characteristics and outcome of patients in the second wave

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

Patient ID

CA018

CA019

CA020

CA021

CA022

CA023

CA024

CA00025

Age (in years)

58

33

84

67

66

70

31

52

Sex

Male

Male

Male

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Department

Physical Medicine

General medicine

General medicine

Cardiology

General medicine

Endocrinology

Gastrointestinal surgery

Gastroenterology

Primary diagnosis

Stroke

Sepsis, Pneumonia

Skin and soft tissue infection

Complete Heart block

Otomastoiditis

Skin and soft tissue infection

Malignancy

Liver cirrhosis

Location at the time of Isolation

ICU

ward

ward

ward

ward

ward

ward

Ward

Prior Antifungal exposure

NA

yes

Yes

no

yes

no

no

Yes

Surgery in the last 30 days

yes

no

Yes

yes

no

no

yes

No

Duration of Hospital stay prior to isolation of C. auris (in days)

0

9

18

4

10

4

15

23

Duration of ICU stay prior to isolation of C. auris (in days)

0

8

3

0

0

0

12

6

Specimen from which C. auris was isolated

Urine

Urine

Urine

Tissue

Urine

Nasal swab

Tissue

Broncho alveolar lavage

Clinical cure

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mortality

Alive

Alive

Alive

Alive

Alive

Alive

Alive

Alive