TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ruiz Gaitán, Alba Cecilia
AU  - Gimeno Costa, José Ricardo
AU  - Vicente Guillén, Rosario
AU  - Pemán García, Javier
AU  - Sánchez-Lázaro, Ignacio
AU  - Almenar Bonet, Luis
AU  - López-Vilella, Raquel
AU  - Marqués-Sulé, Elena
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/02/27
TI  - <i>Candida auris</i> and Heart Transplantation. Preoperative Attitude.
JO  - OBM Transplantation
SP  - 053
VL  - 03
IS  - 01
AB  - In recent years, several agencies have issued warnings about the spread of Candida auris infections, a multi-resistant yeast that is associated with serious infections and with mortality rates as high as 70% with a mortality rate that can reach 70%. This problem is especially serious in patients who are candidates for transplantation, who will receive intense immunosuppression. There are no established criteria on the relevance of this colonization or on when the transplant should be contraindicated in these cases. Five cases of colonization and 2 of candidemia have been detected in patients on the heart transplantation waiting list. The clinical characteristics and the evolution after the HT of these cases are described in this study, and an action protocol is elaborated in different profiles of patients with colonization and/or infection by C. auris on the HT waiting list to help the risk stratification to Transplant Teams.
SN  - 2577-5820
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.1901053
DO  - 10.21926/obm.transplant.1901053
ID  - Ruiz Gaitán2019
ER  -