Stable bloodstream infection rates despite rising colonization: insights from a hospital system using in-house polymerase chain reaction screening for Candidozyma auris

Following the implementation of in-house Candidozyma auris ( C. auris ) polymerase chain reaction as part of our surveillance strategy, we observed increasing incidence rates of colonization with C. auris already present at hospital admission, while rates of hospital-onset clinical cultures remained stable. Timely detection of C. auris colonization can potentially mitigate horizontal transmission.