Candida auris, a fungus discovered in 2009, seems to have been around for thousands of years. But it's only cropped up among patients more recently -- and doctors want to know why.
It began in 2009, when doctors in Tokyo swabbed the ear of a 70-year-old woman and found an unknown strain of fungus that can infect humans and, in severe cases, cause a blood infection in high-risk patients. It's called Candida auris.
Now, a decade after it was discovered, cases have been reported in more than 30 countries around the globe -- including the United States, Australia, India, Germany, Israel, Venezuela and South Africa, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.When you need antibiotics -- and when you don'tBut how we got here is a mystery: While the fungus seems to have cropped up relatively recently, its genetics reveal distinct groups that evolved apart, on different continents.
"It's not about using less antibiotics. It's about using the right antibiotic for the right diagnosis and for the right duration of time," said Bleasdale, director of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship at the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics. When it comes to bacteria, drug-resistant infections affect 2 million people a year in the United States, killing at least 23,000, the CDC says.
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