The fungus, which the CDC said can be found on the skin and throughout the body, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems While it's not a threat to healthy people, about a third of people who become sick with Candida auris die
A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus has been spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities, a new government study finds.
The number of people diagnosed with infections — as well as the number of those who were found through screening to be carrying C. auris — has been rising at an alarming rate since it was in the U.S., researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. The increases, “especially in the most recent years, are really concerning to us,” the study’s lead author, Dr. Meghan Lyman, chief medical officer in the , said in an interview with NBC News. “We’ve seen increases not just in areas of ongoing transmission, but also in new areas.”
The fungus can be found on the skin and throughout the body, according to the CDC. It's not a threat to healthy people, but about
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