AUTHOR=Omardien Soraya , Teska Peter 

TITLE=Skin and hard surface disinfection against Candida auris – What we know today

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1312929

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1312929

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=<p><italic>Candida auris</italic> has emerged as a global healthcare threat, displaying resistance to important healthcare antifungal therapies. Infection prevention and control protocols have become paramount in reducing transmission of <italic>C. auris</italic> in healthcare, of which cleaning and disinfection plays an important role. <italic>Candida albicans</italic> is used as a surrogate yeast for yeasticidal claims of disinfection products, but reports have been made that sensitivity to disinfectants by <italic>C. auris</italic> differs from its surrogate. In this review, we aimed to compile the information reported for products used for skin and hard surface disinfection against <italic>C. auris</italic> in its planktonic or biofilm form. A comparison was made with other <italic>Candida</italic> species, and information were gathered from laboratory studies and observations made in healthcare settings.</p>