CASE Candida auris yeast infection has been on the rise in the United States recently.
The number of cases is also increasing progressively, no doubt making the US public health sector worried about fungal infections which are said to be often resistant to these antibiotic treatments.
To date, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 2,000 cases of Candida Auris infection have been confirmed. Not surprisingly, the current situation is already an emergency. As a precaution, it’s good to know important facts and things about Candida Auris yeast infection. Compiled from Reuters, the official website of the CDC and Prevention, Monday (27/3/2023), consider the following six important facts.
1. Dominating people with certain health conditions: Revealed by an infectious disease expert, dr. Amesh A. Adalja, MD, most cases of this type of yeast infection are experienced by people who are already sick, such as cancer patients, patients in the ICU, and elderly people in nursing homes.
“This is not an infection that hits people suddenly,” says Dr. Amesh who is also a senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
2. Thousands of cases: Referring to the official website of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), quoted by Reuters, on March 24 confirmed cases of fungal infection had touched 2,377.
From the reports of the researchers who reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, over time, cases have continued to increase. In 2019 it increased 44 percent to 476 cases, then jumped 59 percent to 756 in 2020 and shot up to 95 percent to 1,471 cases during the 2021 pandemic.
3. Effect of the pandemic: The CDC calls the outbreak of cases of Candida Auris yeast infection as one of the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. “CDC noted the spread of these infections in 2021, possibly exacerbated by health care system difficulties related to the pandemic, such as shortages of medical staff and equipment,” the CDC said in a statement.
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