SAN DIEGO — The number of cases ofCandida aurisis on the rise in American healthcare facilities, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking laboratories to determine the species when a result forCandidais positive andC. aurisis suspected. C. aurisrepresents a paradigm ...
Candida aurisis a form of yeast that often causes no symptoms on the body of healthy people. However, the fungus poses a serious threat to patients already weakened by other conditions, triggering serious andinvasivecomplications as it spreads into the body's systems. Many cases have affected pa...
Data from the CDC suggests that, from the discovery ofC. aurisin the US to December 31, 2021, there have been 3,270 clinical cases in which the fungus caused an infection. Furthermore, there have been 7,413 screening cases where the fungus was detected but was not the source o...
Fungal Infection Found in Patients in New York NBCsays this type of fungal infection is known asCandida auris, or C. auris, and can cause "severe illness in people with weakened immune systems".NBCsays the first cases in the U.S. were first reported uponback to 2016, and since then, t...
Candida auris presents a unique challenge to practitioners and infection control teams worldwide because of its virulence, alarming resistance profile, environmental fitness, and risk of nosocomial transmission. We describe 2 cases of Candida auris infection managed with the CDC recommendations with no ...
Examples of AR germs include: Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), Candida auris, and certain types of nightmare bacteria such as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). “CDC’s study found several dangerous pathogens, hiding in plain sight, that can cause infections that are dif...
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The agency listed 18 drug-resistant microbes of particular concern, of which five were deemed to be urgent. Two of those five were new additions since the 2013 report: a type of yeast called Candida auris and a bacterium called Acinetobacter that is resistant to powerful antibiotics called carba...
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existing symptoms. Patients often present with fever and chills during Candida auris infection of the blood. This fungus was first isolated in Japan and then spread to four other continents. There is supporting evidence thatglobal warming plays a rolein the sudden emergence of Candida auris as a...