Candida Auris

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Drug-resistant Candida auris, a known threat to nursing homes, has spread rapidly, and a growing number of cases are resistant to first-line treatment, federal researchers report.

The headlines in the NY Times, Wall Street Journal and other publications say it all:  In my conversations across the nation, I have asked many leaders what they are doing to prevent the introduction...

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning just this month about the rise in Candida auris cases.

Targeted screening for Candida auris at admission to ventilator-assisted units in nursing homes helps to identify colonized residents, physician researchers report.

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The World Health Organization has created a first-ever priority list of fungi that it says pose the greatest emerging threats to public health.

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Nevada health officials have been investigating outbreaks of Candida auris since mid-April in “several” long-term care facilities, a local news outlet reports.

Candida auris may be one of the scariest, least-understood drug-resistant threats to nursing homes, but that doesn’t mean providers are helpless.