A microscopic view of spores of the Candida auris fungus. Credit: BSIP / Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images It's not a fungus apocalypse. But it's a serious, growing problem.

Candida auris is a type of fungus. It is one of the few Candida strains that can affect humans, and infections can be severe or fatal. Symptoms may vary but include fever and chills that do not go ...

In something seemingly out of an episode of The Last of Us, a dangerous fungal infection has been creeping its tendrils across the country. There was a 44 percent increase in cases seen between 2018 ...

Cases of a potentially deadly fungus have risen to an alarming rate — sparking a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it is an "urgent threat" in a recent release ...

Candida auris (often shortened to C. auris) is a type of yeast that can cause serious illness, especially in people who are in the hospital. It often doesn’t respond well to common antifungal ...

Candida auris is a fungus that hit the US in 2016 and has evolved resistance to many common drugs. While Candida auris is not usually a threat to healthy people, it can be deadly to sick people. The ...

The researchers examined 16 strains of C. auris collected from infected patients in Germany, Japan, Korea and India. They tested the isolates against 11 drugs, belonging to different classes of ...

Candida auris is capable of forming high burden biofilms, which may help explain why this fungal pathogen is spreading in hospitals worldwide, according to a new study. The research also establishes a ...

Cases of deadly and drug-resistant fungal infection Candida auris have been spiking across the United States, with 28 states and Washington, D.C. having recorded cases in 2022, and 17 states ...

(NEXSTAR) – A drug-resistant and deadly fungal infection has been on the rise in parts of Illinois and Indiana, with cases in Indiana so far this year nearly doubling the total of cases in 2024. The ...

(NEXSTAR) – Health experts have been sounding the alarm for years on Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that’s hard to diagnose, hard to eliminate and hard to treat once it takes hold. The deadly ...

Hospital-acquired infections are not uncommon. They are a healthcare challenge because they can lead to complications that slow recovery from other health conditions. Fungal infections can affect ...