CDC warns of drug-resistant, deadly fungus: How is it spread?

CDC warns of drug-resistant, deadly fungus: How is it spread? This fungus likely originated in a health care setting, explained Melissa Nolan, an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Carolina. growland The Hill

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“If you think about the amount of cleaning that we do in the hospital versus what you do at home, it’s significantly greater in a hospital setting. So every time we’re spraying Clorox … that just creates the opportunity for more resistance,” Nolan explained. “Over time, those pathogens have been able to evolve and adapt to resistance.”

Candida auris is especially good at developing on surfaces, Nolan explained. Once it grows and populates in a hospital room, for example, it is most likely to infect a patient through a medical device, like a catheter or a PICC line that delivers medicine or fluids straight into the bloodstream.

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