https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164912425/candida-auris-yeast-fungus-cdc-spread

The fungus is resistant to several antifungal medications, but the CDC said it is not seen as a threat to healthy people. Still, the national public health agency is calling C. auris an urgent threat because of its resistance to medications. It can cause serious illness and death in people who are already sick, use invasive medical devices or have long or frequent stays at health care facilities.

It’s a good thing the collective respiratory health of this country is stronger than ever!

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Wow, I was seeing way more fungal infections but I chalked it up to all the patients I was seeing being neutropenic cause they're doing stem cell transplants.