Environmental reservoirs of the drug-resistant pathogenic yeast Candida auris

AB Akinbobola, R Kean, SMA Hanifi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Candia auris is an emerging human pathogenic yeast; yet, despite phenotypic attributes and
genomic evidence suggesting that it probably emerged from a natural reservoir, we know …

Biocidal resistance in clinically relevant microbial species: a major public health risk

E Meade, MA Slattery, M Garvey - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest dangers to public health of the 21st century,
threatening the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases globally. Disinfection, the …

Community-Scale Wastewater Surveillance of Candida auris during an Ongoing Outbreak in Southern Nevada

C Barber, K Crank, K Papp, GK Innes… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Candida auris is an opportunistic fungal pathogen and an emerging global public health
threat, given its high mortality among infected individuals, antifungal resistance, and …

Detection of the clinically persistent, pathogenic yeast spp. Candida auris from hospital and municipal wastewater in Miami-Dade County, Florida

K Babler, M Sharkey, S Arenas, A Amirali… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) for detecting pathogens within
communities has been growing since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with early …

Benzalkonium chloride: A systematic review of its environmental entry through wastewater treatment, potential impact, and mitigation strategies

OW Barber, EM Hartmann - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Benzalkonium chloride is a concern because of its widespread use combined with
environmental impacts. It has been found throughout the built and natural environment in …

Hospital wastewater as hotspots for pathogenic microorganisms spread into aquatic environment: a review

T Yuan, Y Pian - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Combined with human-to-human contact, the potential for SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission
via aerosols and feces raises the urgency for effective treatment of hospital wastewater …

Survival of Candida auris on environmental surface materials and low-level resistance to disinfectant

O Dire, A Ahmad, S Duze, M Patel - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Candida auris persists in the environment despite disinfection. Its survival on
various environmental surfaces and the effect of sublethal concentrations of disinfectants on …

Wastewater surveillance beyond COVID-19: a ranking system for communicable disease testing in the tri-county Detroit area, Michigan, USA

Z Gentry, L Zhao, RA Faust, RE David… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, wastewater
surveillance has been utilized to monitor the disease in the United States through routine …

A NIR fluorescent probe for the specific detection of hypochlorite and its application in vitro and in vivo

L Zhen, J Lan, S Zhang, L Liu, R Zeng, Y Chen… - Analytical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
It is of great necessity to exploit a real-time, highly selective and sensitive method for
hypochlorite (ClO−) detection in both the environment and living systems because of the …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time monitoring of biofilm growth identifies andrographolide as a potent antifungal compound eradicating Candida biofilms

M Žiemytė, JC Rodríguez-Díaz, MP Ventero-Martín… - Biofilm, 2023 - Elsevier
Candida species cause life-threatening infections with high morbidity and mortality rates and
their resistance to conventional therapy is closely linked to biofilm formation. Thus, the …