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Fungus labeled ‘urgent threat’ by CDC is spreading rapidly, hospital study finds
KTLA ^ | 03/22/2025 | Alix Martichoux

Posted on 03/22/2025 1:36:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U.S. in 2016. Since then, the number of cases have increased every year, jumping substantially in 2023 (the last year of data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Recently, cases have proliferated in Georgia, the state’s health department told local news outlet WJCL. A study published this week, which focused on the Jackson Health System in Miami also found cases of the fungus have “rapidly increased.”

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People with a healthy immune system may be able to fight off infection on their own, but Candida auris mainly spreads in health care settings, where people are sick and vulnerable. People with catheters, breathing tubes, feeding tubes and PICC lines are at the highest risk because the pathogen can enter the body through these types of devices.

When the fungus infects a patient, it can be hard to identify what’s going on. Symptoms are like those of any infection, including fever and chills.

Another reason Candida auris is so concerning is because of how well it has adapted to surviving on surfaces, like countertops, bedrails and doorknobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: candida; candidaauris; cauris; fungus
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1 posted on 03/22/2025 1:36:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Shots and masks STAT?


2 posted on 03/22/2025 1:38:08 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: rktman

Tik-Tok nurses dancing to Tony Orlando and Dawn


3 posted on 03/22/2025 1:40:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Nice


4 posted on 03/22/2025 1:41:33 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: BenLurkin

So that’s why I’m seeing more masks on boneheads than usual


5 posted on 03/22/2025 1:43:05 PM PDT by albie (U)
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To: BenLurkin

There’s a fungus among us....


6 posted on 03/22/2025 1:43:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: BenLurkin

As the kids used to say, “There’s a fungus among us”.

I can think of several Dems that qualify.


7 posted on 03/22/2025 1:43:58 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: BenLurkin

The Last of Us panic coming soon…


8 posted on 03/22/2025 1:45:58 PM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: BenLurkin

Moist sweaty areas hardest hit.


9 posted on 03/22/2025 1:48:36 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: BenLurkin

“Candida auris mainly spreads in health care settings, where people are sick and vulnerable. People with catheters, breathing tubes, feeding tubes and PICC lines are at the highest risk because the pathogen can enter the body through these types of devices.”
It’s spreading in hospital systems need to do a better job with sterilization of catheters, scopes, etc.
it’s mainly a nosocomial infection.


10 posted on 03/22/2025 1:52:55 PM PDT by doc maverick
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This isn’t bullshit like Covid, this is the real deal and my wife has a tracheostomy (breathing tube), feeding tube and midline IV, so I don’t feel much like making light of this, also there has been an awareness poster up in her hospital about this and the risks for months, at least the nine months my wife has been hospitalized.

for


11 posted on 03/22/2025 1:55:40 PM PDT by Mastador1
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Prayers up for your wife.


12 posted on 03/22/2025 2:09:00 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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To: BenLurkin

Masks! Vax!


13 posted on 03/22/2025 2:17:14 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: rktman

Shots and masks probably would help it spread.

Fresh air and sunlight are its enemies.


14 posted on 03/22/2025 2:18:01 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: BenLurkin

Do not eat the moldy bread.


15 posted on 03/22/2025 2:19:17 PM PDT by drSteve78 ( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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🙏🙏🙏


16 posted on 03/22/2025 2:20:33 PM PDT by drSteve78 ( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: rktman
Shots and masks STAT?

Lockdowns?

17 posted on 03/22/2025 2:21:50 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Veto!
I can think of several Dems that qualify.

More than several, I would guess.

18 posted on 03/22/2025 2:23:39 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Mastador1

🙏


19 posted on 03/22/2025 2:27:44 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: BenLurkin

Are morons going to buy up all the toilet paper and tissues again?


20 posted on 03/22/2025 2:30:07 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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