A new study shows that the number of cases and anti-drug resistance of the infectious fungus Candida auris increased between 2019 and 2021.
The fungus Candida auris, which causes a highly infectious and potentially deadly infection, is spreading faster in U.S. health care facilities and likely becoming more resistant to treatments, a new study shows.
In the new study, published March 21 in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine , researchers conducted a new assessment of C. auris cases recorded in the U.S. between 2019 and 2021. In total, 10,683 cases were recorded during this period: 3,270 of the cases were clinical infections, meaning the patient showed symptoms before being tested, and 7,413 cases were screening colonizations, meaning that people carried the fungus but showed no symptoms before being tested during routine screening.
The number of states that have recorded C. auris cases has also increased, from 10 states in 2018 before the study began to 27 states in 2021. However, the number of echinocandin-resistant cases has increased in recent years. Six cases were reported between 2016 and 2019, another six cases were reported in 2020, and 19 were reported in 2021, which suggests the fungus is slowly becoming more resistant to this treatment. But new antifungals are in the early stages of being developed to help treat future infections, Lyman said.
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