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“Superbug” Candida auris fungus emerging in U.S. hospitals

Quick post here just to alert people to this story about a drug resistant Candida auris fungus variety showing up more and more.

Of relevance to the microbiology of the built environment crowd is the following quote:

The fungus can be passed between people or through the environment from such things as hospital equipment, says Dr. Tom Chiller, chief of the CDC’s Mycotic (fungal) Diseases Branch.

 

CDC: “We are dealing with an organism we don’t have drugs to treat.”

Source: Deadly ‘superbug’ fungus Candida auris  in U.S. hospitals

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