Posted on Nov 7, 2016
First Cases of New Superbug Spotted in U.S.
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First Cases of New Superbug Spotted in U.S.
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Did a small bit of research with this. Usually it's with skin or nails, or surrounding the mouth (thrush). It's rare to happen in healthy immune system persons.
Most of these infections are prevelant with:
Infants
people who are overweight
people with diabetes
people with an underactive thyroid gland, or hypothyroidism
people with inflammatory disorders
people with a weakened immune system
people working in wet conditions
pregnant women
Just take small measures to make sure you are healthy, wash hands with anti-bacterial soap, check your house for mold and do a deep clean once or twice a year. Since fungus likes warm, damp places, make sure to check for any moisture found in carpet, floors, walls, closets etc.
Most of these infections are prevelant with:
Infants
people who are overweight
people with diabetes
people with an underactive thyroid gland, or hypothyroidism
people with inflammatory disorders
people with a weakened immune system
people working in wet conditions
pregnant women
Just take small measures to make sure you are healthy, wash hands with anti-bacterial soap, check your house for mold and do a deep clean once or twice a year. Since fungus likes warm, damp places, make sure to check for any moisture found in carpet, floors, walls, closets etc.
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Cpl George Crab
Thrush was something that my mother suffered from for a few years, before she passed on. None of the above applied to her. Sometimes, thrush happens to people not on that list.
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Cpl George Crab - Very true. I'm not saying Thrush is only affected by those people; you're right, it can happen to anyone. My mom had it and she has Hashimoto's Disease (the worse for hypothyroidism).
Most cases they found this type of fungus was within these types of patients (hate stereotyping but it's the only way to describe right now). There are random healthy people that can be affected by this.
Most cases they found this type of fungus was within these types of patients (hate stereotyping but it's the only way to describe right now). There are random healthy people that can be affected by this.
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Cpl George Crab
PO1 (Join to see) - --Mom was a clean freak. Plastic covers for the furniture. Even down to runners on the floor. She had it until she died. Not a very pleasant thing, having a thrush mouth.
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SPC Britanny *Winnie* Balthaser WOW Scary....the article didn't list symptoms so I looked it up.
Signs and symptoms of C. auris include
fever and chills while on antimicrobial medication,
sepsis,
isolation of Candida-like yeast from the patient's blood, and
little or no patient response or improvement with conventional antifungal therapy.
Coma, organ failure (as the infection spreads to multiple organs), and death may occur if appropriate treatment is delayed.
C. auris is difficult to diagnose by routine fungal cultures of blood or other body fluids. Special sophisticated molecular methods are needed to identify the fungus, and not all laboratories are able to identify this organism.
People at risk are usually in health-care settings and have undergone recent surgery, have a central venous catheter, have diabetes, and/or have undergone broad-spectrum antibiotic and/or antifungal therapy. These fungal infections have been found in all age groups.
Signs and symptoms of C. auris include
fever and chills while on antimicrobial medication,
sepsis,
isolation of Candida-like yeast from the patient's blood, and
little or no patient response or improvement with conventional antifungal therapy.
Coma, organ failure (as the infection spreads to multiple organs), and death may occur if appropriate treatment is delayed.
C. auris is difficult to diagnose by routine fungal cultures of blood or other body fluids. Special sophisticated molecular methods are needed to identify the fungus, and not all laboratories are able to identify this organism.
People at risk are usually in health-care settings and have undergone recent surgery, have a central venous catheter, have diabetes, and/or have undergone broad-spectrum antibiotic and/or antifungal therapy. These fungal infections have been found in all age groups.
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