Performance evaluation of culture-independent SYBR Green Candida auris qPCR diagnostics on anterior nares surveillance swabs.

Early identification of Candida auris is important for timely implementation of infection prevention and control actions. Here, we evaluated performance of the C. auris-specific SYBR Green qPCR assay on a panel of 70 anterior nares swabs. Enrichment broth culture was used as \"gold standard\". After performing a receiver operating curve (ROC) to optimize signal threshold, we found perfect agreement between culture and qPCR. Additionally, we found no indication of inhibitors in the anterior nares swabs.