Forbes March 20, 2023
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A lethal, hard-to-treat fungal infection is spreading across the U.S. and becoming increasingly resistant to the few drugs available to treat it, CDC researchers warned on Monday, part of a growing group of deadly microorganisms that pose a pressing but underappreciated health threat worldwide.
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The researchers said the uptick in fungal infections can partially be explained by the Covid-19 pandemic, which strained already struggling healthcare systems and may have led to lapses in normally effective infection control measures. Some C. auris cases can definitely be linked to the equipment-saving strategy of seeing multiple patients without changing gowns or gloves, Dr. Meghan Lyman, a medical officer in the CDC’s mycotic diseases branch and one...
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