A deadly fungal infection is spreading quickly across the US, with a death rate as high as 60%. This rare fungus, known as ...

Not only is this condition hard to detect, but it also leads to infections as it spreads. What makes Candida auris alarming is that infections are most often detected within hospitals and clinical ...

There have been 587 cases reported in the US, according to theCDC, most of them in New York, New Jersey and Illinois. A mysterious and dangerous fungal infection called Candida auris has emerged ...

Candida auris (C. auris) is a yeast, a type of fungus, which can cause infections in humans. It is related to the very common Candida albicans, which causes thrush. It was first discovered in the ...

One in three patients with invasive infections dies, but it can be difficult to assess the exact role Candida auris played in vulnerable patients, said CDC epidemiologist Dr Meghan Lyman ...

Below are expert tips to keep fungal infections at bay. Apples treated with fungicides could be a selective force for drug-resistant Candida auris and help it to spread, suggest researchers.

auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes life-threatening disease. These findings could improve treatment for C. auris infections by enabling patients to start taking effective antifungal ...

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Although Candida auris and Clostridioides difficile continue ... made in outbreak prevention and understanding nosocomial infections. Although there is still no HIV vaccine and no promising ...

difficile infection but reduces symptom duration ... allowed patients with Candida auris to be rapidly identified and isolated to reduce risk of transmission in a health care facility.

auris infections. Specifically, the researchers showed that: The Ser639Tyr FKS1 mutation and Arg135Ser mutation are associated with resistance to the antifungal drugs micafungin and anidulafungin.

this means that healthcare professionals might waste precious time trying to figure out which antifungal drug will clear a patient's infection — and that time could mean the difference between ...