新興抗藥性念珠菌的威脅：耳念珠菌

Emerging Drug-Resistant Candida Threat: Candida albicans

耳念珠菌 （Candida auris） 為近年興起的念珠致病菌株，其具有多重抗藥之特性，且在歐洲、亞洲、北美洲、南美洲及非洲的醫療院所造成感染症及群突發事件，因而引起相當大的關注。C. auris 的鑑定對臨床實驗室來說是極具挑戰的，本文將統整敘述目前已知 C. auris 的流行病學、診斷鑑定方式、治療及相關的感染控制措施。

Candida auris, a novel Candida species first reported in Japan in 2009, is anemerging, multidrug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infections and has beenassociated with outbreaks in the healthcare setting. C. auris has been isolated onfive continents. This minireview summarizes what is currently known about C. aurisepidemiology, diagnosis, management, and infection control.