The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified two independent outbreaks of pan-resistant strains of the deadly yeast Candida auris, according to last week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).The report described two clusters of pan-resistant C auris identified through routine screening by the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network from January through April of this year.
The clusters involved three patients at a long-term care facility in Washington, DC, and seven patients in two acute care hospitals in Texas.The multidrug-resistant yeast, first identified in Japan in 2009, arrived in the United States in 2016 and has slowly spread in healthcare facilities since its arrival, predominantly among
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