Posted on Mar 23, 2023
Why is the deadly fungal infection Candida auris spreading so rapidly?
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Cases of the drug-resistant, and potentially deadly, fungus Candida auris are now climbing at an “alarming” rate in healthcare facilities around the country. That was a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday.
Reports of patients infected with the fungal infection nearly doubled in 2021 since the first cases were reported in the U.S. in 2016. Thirty states and the District of Columbia have now reported Candida auris patients.
The infection often causes no symptoms in the bodies of healthy people, but between 30 percent and 60 percent of hospitalized people who develop bloodstream infections are estimated to die, according to CDC data. However, the CDC also notes that many of these patients had other serious illnesses that increased their risk of death.
We discuss how seriously we should be taking this infection, who’s most at risk for contracting Candida auris, and what treatment options they have.
Reports of patients infected with the fungal infection nearly doubled in 2021 since the first cases were reported in the U.S. in 2016. Thirty states and the District of Columbia have now reported Candida auris patients.
The infection often causes no symptoms in the bodies of healthy people, but between 30 percent and 60 percent of hospitalized people who develop bloodstream infections are estimated to die, according to CDC data. However, the CDC also notes that many of these patients had other serious illnesses that increased their risk of death.
We discuss how seriously we should be taking this infection, who’s most at risk for contracting Candida auris, and what treatment options they have.
Why is the deadly fungal infection Candida auris spreading so rapidly?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."This isn't the only fungal disease that may be being made worse by climate change: frogs around the world are being wiped out by a fungal skin infection known as chytridiomycosis, which may be more effective at spreading due to climate change. Additionally, the human fungal disease "Valley fever," usually only contracted in the southwestern U.S. states, has spread across the country, a shift that is thought to have occurred due to climate change-triggered weather pattern alterations."
..."This isn't the only fungal disease that may be being made worse by climate change: frogs around the world are being wiped out by a fungal skin infection known as chytridiomycosis, which may be more effective at spreading due to climate change. Additionally, the human fungal disease "Valley fever," usually only contracted in the southwestern U.S. states, has spread across the country, a shift that is thought to have occurred due to climate change-triggered weather pattern alterations."
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