Pathogen - Candida Auris by Ryder Loyd

1. CDC - About Candida auris

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2. What is Candida auris?

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Candida auris (C. auris) is an infectious yeast that easily spreads among hospital patients. This fungus is very resistant to antifungal treatments. It weakly and rarely affects healthy people, most often taking advantage of unhealthy patients and infecting them. These infections can range from surface infections to bloodstream infections.

3. Causative Agent

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4. Complications

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Very difficult to get rid off, leading to a lot of time for it to spread. It also barely responds to antifungal or antibacterial medications.
Takes advantage of weak immune systems, causing bloodstream infections in 1 out of 3 patients.
Only verifiable by laboratory tests and commonly symptomless in the early stages, allowing it to secretly spread.

5. Increasingly More Common

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Being discovered in only 2009, it is relatively new and has become more common in not only the United States, but worldwide.

6. Prevention, not Treatment

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Candida auris is very resistant to medicines and difficult to identify. Once developed, it easily spreads among patients.

The best thing to do is to prevent the infection. Cleaning rooms often and making sure to wash any points of contact off before meeting another patient is necessary.

7. Lack of Understanding

rloyd100 — 2024-04-27 01:06:19 UTC

There is very little known about C. auris. With this being said, the CDC is working with many groups to find out how to prevent the development and spread of the fungus. The best method of prevention currently is researching the unknown and hoping to find its weakness.

8. C. auris Infographic

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As shown, the mortality rate is very high, mainly due to ineffective treatment and infections mostly occurring in people with weakened immune systems.

9. The Discovery of C. auris

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Originally discovered through "external ear discharge of a patient in Japan." (Cdc, linked page)

10. Info at a Glance

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This website shows the important information and facts necessary to get quickly informed about C. auris.