Candida auris–Associated Candidemia, South Africa

including New York (8 cases), Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Rhode Island (3 cases each) (1,2); single cases have been identified in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Louisiana, Florida, and California (1,2). Four other cases have been reported: 3 in South America (Colombia, Brazil, Peru) (3,7,8) and 1 in Africa (Ethiopia) (9). Only a few Brugia species have been identified, including B. leporis, found in rabbits in the northeastern United States (1,10); B. beaveri, found in raccoons and bobcats in the southern United States; and B. guyanensis, found in coatimundi and other vertebrates in South America (8). Definitive identification with molecular techniques will better identify causative species and help clarify many of the ecologic and epidemiologic questions surrounding zoonotic filarial infections.