Cases of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris are now climbing at an 'alarming' rate in health care facilities around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday, after reports of infected patients nearly doubled in 2021.
, the CDC included Candida auris among the roster of drug-resistant infections that had grown at a worrying rate in COVID-19's wake.While it is tricky to measure the exact impact the pandemic has had on this trend, Lyman — who works in the agency's fungal diseases branch focused on drug resistance in health care settings — cited investigations that found some connections.
"We continue to see challenges with infection control, so it's not all resolved now that COVID's not here. This is kind of a cautionary tale. But I think it highlights some things that may have been there before that got worse during COVID," said Lyman.Candida auris as among the worst fungal threats facing public health today, given the danger it poses to vulnerable patients and the frustrations doctors face in treating and stopping drug-resistant outbreaks.
Nearly all tested samples of Candida auris are resistant to at least one of the classes of antifungal treatments, according to data from the CDC's
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