Candida auris: deadly fungal infections spreading across US at ‘worrisome’ rate
by Guardian staff and Reuters from Science | The Guardian on (#6A1E1)
Between 2020 and 2021 cases of Candida auris doubled, with symptoms including antibiotic-resistant high fever with chills
Potentially deadly fungal infections with Candida auris are spreading rapidly in US healthcare facilities, with cases nearly doubling between 2020 and 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.
The number of cases rose by 44% to 476 in 2019, up from 330 in 2018, and subsequently by 59% to 756 in 2020 and by an additional 95% to 1,471 in 2021, the agency's researchers reported on Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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