Candida Auris Presents Global Health Threat
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting that Candida auris, an emerging fungus that presents a serious global health threat, is causing severe illness in hospitalized patients in several countries, including the United States. Patients can remain colonized with C. auris for a long time and C. auris can persist on surfaces in health care environments. This can result in the spread of C. auris between patients in health care facilities.
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