Fungal Diseases News

Nearly 70% of adults in the United States have never heard of six major fungal diseases, according to results from a first-of-its-kind survey published in MMWR.

Candida auris, an aggressive and naturally resistant fungus with few treatment options and little support for more, has been rapidly drawing attention since the CDC issued a clinical alert about it in 2016.

WASHINGTON — A single introduction of Candida auris at a health care facility in southern California led to more than 180 colonized patients in nine facilities — an outbreak likely driven by interfacility transfers of patients before their colonization status was known, a researcher said here.