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A deadly fungal infection is spreading in hospitals. Here’s what to know

Por: Portland Press Herald World March 22, 2023

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A deadly fungal infection is spreading at “an alarming rate” inside health facilities and long-term-care hospitals across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. Here’s what to know about the highly drug-resistant fungus – a strain of a kind of yeast known as Candida auris (or C. auris for short) that the CDC says “presents a serious global health threat.” While healthy people are not likely to... + full article



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