An emerging fungal threat spread at an alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

Emerging fungal threat spreads at alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

(CNN) — Clinical cases of Candida auris, an emerging fungus considered an urgent threat, nearly doubled in 2021, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There was also a tripling of the number of cases resistant to echinocandins, the first-line treatment for Candida auris infections. The research, published Monday […]

An emerging fungal threat spread at an alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

There was also a tripling of the number of cases resistant to echinocandins, the first-line treatment for Candida auris infections.

An emerging fungal threat spread at an alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

There was also a tripling of the number of cases resistant to echinocandins, the first-line treatment for Candida auris infections.

An emerging fungal threat spread at an alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

There was also a tripling of the number of cases resistant to echinocandins, the first-line treatment for Candida auris infections.

An emerging fungal threat spread at an alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

There was also a tripling of the number of cases resistant to echinocandins, the first-line treatment for Candida auris infections.

An emerging fungal threat spread at an alarming rate in US health care facilities, study says

There was also a tripling of the number of cases resistant to echinocandins, the first-line treatment for Candida auris infections.