LAURA BAISAS | PUBLISHED MAR 21, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Candida auris in a petri dish taken in a laboratory of Wuerzburg University in Wuerzburg, Germany, January 23, 2018. Nicolas Armer/DPA/picture alliance via Getty Images We aren’t in an apocalyptic The Last of Us scenario, but there’s still plenty of fungus to be wary of. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Judy Stone, MD July 30, 2021 The CDC has reported two clusters of Candida auris infections resistant to all antifungal medications in long-term care facilities in 2021. Because these pan-resistant infections occurred without any exposure to antifungal drugs, the cases are even more worrisome. These clusters are the first time such nosocomial transmission has been detected. In...
APRIL 7, 2021 by Case Western Reserve University Candida albicans, which is related to Candida auris. Credit: CDC A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can significantly reduce the presence of the fungus Candida auris (C. auris) on skin, controlling its spread and potentially keeping it from forming...
