Candida auris also spreads more easily than other fungal threats, prompting the CDC to list the fungus as a potential infection threat among people in health care settings. "It sticks to the environment really easily, and studies have shown it can spread patient to patient," Roberts said. "Ca...
A presentation at the Disease Prevention and Control Summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, spoke about the rising threat of Candida auris.
Candida albicans, which is related to Candida auris. Credit: CDC In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, infection preventionists at two Southern California hospitals took extreme measures to stop the spread of a deadly fungus that has emerged in the U.S. and around the world. The two will...
Candida is a fungus that aids with nutrient absorption and digestion when in proper levels in the body. When it overproduces, typical candida symptoms may appear. In the digestive tract, if left unchecked, it breaks down the walls of the intestinal lining and penetrates into the bloodstream. ...
There’s a characteristic of yeast infections that is very important to note. Even if you clear up the localized yeast infection, Candida albicans can grow and spread to different areas around your body. So even though your vaginal infection might have disappeared, the same area may continue to...
is most commonly caused by the fungal pathogenAspergillus fumigatusand primarily treated using the triazole drug group, however in recent years, this fungus has been rapidly gaining resistance against these antifungals. This is of serious clinical concern as multi-azole resistant forms of aspergillosis ...
Nasia Safdar:Candida aurisis an emerging pathogen. Unlike some other antibiotic-resistant germs in health care systems, this one is a fungus—or a yeast, which is the other terminology for it. And it spreadsquite quickly in health care systems. ...
Candida auris also spreads more easily than other fungal threats, prompting the CDC to list the fungus as a potential infection threat among people in health care settings. "It sticks to the environment really easily, and studies have shown it can spread patient to patient," Roberts said. "Ca...