Health officials in Montana confirmed the state's first-ever case of the fungal infection Candida auris this week.The fungal ...

A new health concern has emerged in Montana. Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant fungal infection, was recently reported in ...

The yeast, Candida auris ... live on skin and objects such as bed rails, doorknobs, and medical devices, allowing it to spread rapidly in hospitals and long-term care facilities. Infections ...

Candida Auris, a type of yeast resistant to most treatments, was first detected in hospitals in 2016, with 52 infections reported ... The fungus can colonize the skin of individuals in hospitals ...

C. auris can cause a range of infections from (skin) infections to more severe, life-threatening infections, such as bloodstream infections. Candida auris was first discovered in the U.S. in 2016 ...

C. auris is closely related to C. albicans, a common cause of candidiasis, including fungal infections like thrush and vaginal yeast infections. These infections tend to take hold in people with weak ...

Newsweek has created a map showing where in the U.S. cases of Candida ... infections with high death rates." Between 2016 and 2023, the most recent year for which the CDC has collected data on C ...

in his article“Changing Trends in the Sources and Volumes of Clinical Cultures with Candida auris at a Large Health System, 2019-2023” published in the American Journal of Infection Control ...

The infection is caused by Candidozyma, also known as Candida auris ... and is carried on the skin and in body fluids, the NHS says. The UKHSA said in a report: "C. auris, previously rarely ...

PORT OF PALM BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, April 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As hospitals across the United States face an alarming rise in Candida auris (C. auris ...

FILE - A doctors holds a petri dish with the yeast candida auris in a laboratory of Wuerzburg University in Wuerzburg, Germany, 23 January 2018. (Photo by Nicolas Armer/picture alliance via Getty ...