Open AccessCANDIDA AURIS: IMMINENCE OF A NEW PANDEMIC?
Author(s) -
Ábila Gomes Chaves,
Vanessa Martins da Costa,
Maysa de Vasconcelos Brito
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
recima21
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2675-6218
DOI - 10.47820/recima21.v2i4.287
Subject(s) - candida auris , pandemic , outbreak , drug resistance , pathogen , resistance (ecology) , multiple drug resistance , virology , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal , ecology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Candida auris was first described in Japan and since then outbreaks of infection and colonization considered serious by C. auris have been reported in different countries. This work aims to show, with updated and relevant information from the literature, the potential for emergence of the yeast C.auris, as well as to present knowledge about the means of drug resistance of this pathogen. This study is an integrative literature review. The emergence of C.auris is characterized by its high capacity for drug resistance, with various resistance mechanisms and preference for hospital environments, especially immunosuppressed patients. The pathogen has limited therapeutic options and can cause several infections, most of which are serious, as they occur in conjunction with other adjacent complications such as COVID-19. C. auris has a high potential to be the protagonist of a new pandemic with a characteristic of multidrug resistance and the capacity for high mortality rates.