Persistence of Candida auris on latex and nitrile gloves with transmission to sterile urinary catheters

Kauser Jabeen; Pushpa Bhawan Mal; Areeba Tharwani; Mariam Hashmi; Joveria Farooqi

doi:10.1093/mmy/myz033

Persistence of Candida auris on latex and nitrile gloves with transmission to sterile urinary catheters

Kauser Jabeen
, Pushpa Bhawan Mal
, Areeba Tharwani
, Mariam Hashmi
, Joveria Farooqi

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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Candida auris' ability to persist on contaminated gloves and transmit to urinary catheters was evaluated. 10⁵ and 10³ cfu/ml suspensions of eight Candida species including C. auris were inoculated on latex and nitrile gloves fingertips and touched on agar surface at different time intervals. Urinary catheter piece, touched by latex glove carrying Candida spp. suspensions at various time intervals, was cultured by roll-plate method. C.auris persisted on latex gloves at both 10⁵ and 10³ cfu/ml up to 3 minutes and could be transmitted from both wet and dry contaminated gloves to catheters. Proper glove use with strict hand hygiene should be advocated in settings with ongoing C.auris transmission.

Original language	English (UK)
Pages (from-to)	128-132
Number of pages	5
Journal	Medical Mycology
Volume	58
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myz033
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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Candida auris
Gloves
Pakistan
latex and nitrile
persistence
transmission

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