Clinical cases of Candida auris, an emerging fungus considered an urgent threat, nearly doubled in 2021, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's what you need to know about the potentially deadly fungus:
Also known as C. auris, reports of cases linked to the drug-resistant fungus have doubled in 2021.
Here's what to know about the fungus, why these rare cases occur and how Americans can help prevent the spread."C. auris is a species of Candida and Candida is the most common yeast that causes human infections," Dr. Shira Doron, chief infection control officer for Tuft Medicine, told ABC News. "People are quite familiar with the term 'yeast infections' or 'thrush'; those are caused by other species of Candida.
The other issue is there are strains of C. auris that are drug-resistant, meaning infections caused by the yeast will not respond to multiple antifungal drugs commonly used to treat Candida infections.Patients with C. auris infections are typically diagnosed after cultures of blood or other bodily fluids are analyzed.
Additionally, nursing home patients or hospital patients who have or have had lines and tubes in their body -- such as a catheter or a breathing tube -- are also at high risk.Despite several strains C. auris infections being multi-drug resistant, there is a class of antifungal drugs called echinocandins that can be used and are given intravenously.h, echinocandins prevent a key enzyme needed to maintain the cell wall of the fungus.
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