The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in a new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine that the fungus Candida auris is spreading increasingly across the ...

Crucially, Candida auris cases have only increased each year since 2016. "Nationwide, clinical cases rose from 476 in 2019 to 1,471 in 2021," the CDC just concluded. Case counts again increased in ...

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Cases of Candida auris -- a fungus that can kill people with weakened immune systems -- have skyrocketed in recent years and saw a "dramatic" uptick in 2021, according to a report published Monday.

The agency said C. auris was first identified in 2009 in Asia and has quickly spread throughout the world. Since it began spreading in the U.S. in 2015, reported cases have increased more than 300%.

Candida auris is an emerging species of fungus that can cause severe infections in hospitalized patients. The organism can infect the ears, wounds, bloodstream, and possibly other parts of the body.

Clinical cases of Candida auris, an emerging fungus considered an urgent threat, nearly doubled in 2021, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In just a decade, the drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris (C. auris) has emerged as one of the most formidable ...

Candida auris infections reported by health care facilities rose by 95% in 2021. ... Science Photo Library—Getty Images. By Haley Weiss. March 20, 2023 5:17 PM EDT.