Candida guilliermondii fungemia in hospitalized patients epidemiologically linked to a patient care attendant

We investigated an outbreak of Candida guilliermondii fungemia with a fatality rate of 54% that occurred during a 19-month period among patients hospitalized in a tertiary care hospital. The hiring of an external care attendant during hospitalization was epidemiologically linked to case patients (100% vs 3% of the controls, P < .001). Subsequent investigation of the outbreak and disclosure of the findings were associated with an end to the epidemic. Copyright (C) 2015 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.