Drug-resistant, potentially fatal fungus on the rise across US hospitals: CDC
That year, the number of cases increased a whopping 95%, from 756 in 2020 to 1,471 in 2021, according to CDC data.show that cases continued to climb last year with 2,377 clinical cases reported.
The CDC stated that the fungus “presents a serious global health threat.” More than one in three patients with a Candida auris inflection of the blood, heart, or brain die, according to the agency.BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images and nursing homes through person-to-person contact as well as contact with contaminated surfaces and equipment.The potentially fatal fungus often cannot be treated with traditional antifungal medications, compounding a rise in infections.picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe health officials called the increase in the untreatable cases and evidence of worsening transmission “particularly concerning.
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