Candida auris through an optical microscope view in 2019.
Candida auris is a particular concern because, unlike most fungi, it can spread person to person, said Dr. Scott Roberts, associate medical director of infection prevention at Yale School of Medicine. When organisms like fungi evolve to live at higher temperatures, it can give them an advantage when it comes to growing in the high-temperature conditions of the human body.The director of the National Reference Centre for Invasive Fungus Infections, Oliver Kurzai, holds a petri dish containing Candida auris in a lab in Wuerzburg, Germany, on January 23, 2018. First identified in Asia in 2009, C. auris is now found on four continents.
“Those at highest risk for severe infections with C. auris include people who are already sick from other health conditions and are immunocompromised, have long or frequent stays in healthcare facilities, or have lines or tubes that go into their body, such as central venous catheters, feeding tubes, breathing tubes,” Madad said. “The infection can prove deadly for 30% to 60% of those infected with invasive C. auris.”A warming climate is likely a major reason for the rapid rise in C.
No one will listen until we start dropping like flies so no point in warning us
TheLastOfUs wasn't supposed to be a documentary 🙄
I had c. auris last fall on my lips, it was a nightmare. The doctors tried various topical medications and it took trying 3 different antibiotics to finally clear it up 2 months after it started. I’m in my early 40s and in great health, we couldn’t figure out how I got it.
Literally nobody cares what the CDC says anymore
It might be easier if the CDC lists what is NOT an urgent threat …