-- United States
_Candida auris_ is an emerging, multidrug-resistant yeast causing invasive infections globally but not reported in the USA before 2016. In August 2016, the Chicago Department of Public Health was notified of 2 patients with _C. auris_ infections who were treated at the same acute care hospital (ACH) and long-term acute care hospital (LTACH). We investigated possible health care transmission to guide control measures.
Cases were defined as _C. auris_ isolated from clinical cultures. We
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