Clinicians Take Note: CDC Warns of Deadly Drug-Resistant Candida auris in the U.S.

Clinicians Take Note: CDC Warns of Deadly Drug-Resistant Candida auris in the U.S.

Calling it “an emerging threat,” the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging healthcare providers in all settings to “act now to better understand, contain, and stop the spread of” infection caused by drug-resistant Candida auris. CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, notes that C auris can be fatal, making the new drug-resistant strain especially concerning. The CDC recently issued its first report of 13 cases in the United States (in …

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