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Contamination of tissue allografts from a multiorgan‐multitissue donor colonized by Candida auris
Author(s) -
Mirabet Vicente,
Artigues Enrique,
Galán Juan,
Escobedo Carmen,
Larrea Luis,
Arbona Cristina,
Gimeno Concepción,
Pemán Javier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.13535
Subject(s) - candida auris , medicine , infection control , microbiology and biotechnology , transplantation , contamination , transmission (telecommunications) , pathology , antifungal , surgery , biology , dermatology , ecology , electrical engineering , engineering
Standards on tissue banking determine the need of microbiological monitoring during critical steps (recovery, processing, storage, and transplantation). This information will be useful for both discarding contaminated tissues or risk analysis (in case of recipient infection). In this study, we show the case of a multiorgan‐multitissue donor colonized by Candida auris . This microorganism is characterized by multidrug resistance, with higher transmissibility and severe outcome. Some of the microbiological cultures from arteries tested positive for this microorganism, but it was not cultured in samples from musculoskeletal tissues and corneas. No recipient case of infection transmission by Candida species was observed (organs and cornea). The implementation of active surveillance protocol for C. auris detection in critical care units (as source of tissue donors) has been suggested as a part of our hospitals' infection control policy.