The fungus poses a greater risk for vulnerable populations in nursing homes and hospitals
A deadly fungus that can be considered a superbug due to its resistance to all types of antibiotics is spreading across the country – with thousands of people already infected, according to health officials.
Candida auris, a type of invasive yeast that can cause deadly infections in people with weakened immune systems, has infected at least 7,000 people across 27 U.S. states, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The fungus, which can spread easily in healthcare settings such as hospitals and nursing homes, is gaining virulence and spreading at an “alarming” rate, the CDC says.
A deadly fungus that can be considered a superbug due to its resistance to all types of antibiotics is spreading across the country
A+ journalism using antibiotic resistance as a definition of a superbug while talking about a fungus, which is treated by antifungals.
Also, MRSA impacts more patients per year, is resistant to methicillin (they should really find out a good way to let us know that), and has pretty much the exact same transmission profile: transmission within hospitals in immune compromised patients.
It’s something to keep an eye on, but it’s not some massive plague like they are trying to imply with the sensationalist headline.
“A deadly fungus”. . .
“resistance to all types of antibiotics”. . .
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Look, I don’t expect a journalist to know these things, but I do expect an EDITOR to at least go through a basic fact check before the first sentence is completed.
I mean he’s not wrong all fungus are resistance to antibiotics. Technically antibiotics just inhibit a pathway in bacteria or dissolve its walls which makes anything without the bacterial pathway or wall immune.
You get enough drinks in me, and I’ll be a antibiotic resistant fun guy too.
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ALL the fungi are super bugs!!!
I mean, everyone that spent any amount of time in high school should know this.
TIL yeasts are a type of fungus. I always thought they were related but not part of the family.
Are they resistant to antifungals too? The article didn’t say.
Who would have thought that a fungus would be resistant to antibiotics? Almost like they are the absolute wrong tool for the job. It turns out antivirals don’t kill weeds either, what a shame.
Too bad antivirals don’t kill memes and youtube channels.
“…A deadly fungus that can be considered a superbug due to its resistance to all types of antibiotics…”
Um, yeah - antiobiotics don’t treat fungal infections. What the writer should have written is that it is resistant to antifungal medications.
Who would have thought that superheating our planet, and melting the glaciers would unearth the end of humanity.
eventhough antibiotics is a general term, but its mostly for bacteria and not fungi, you use antifungals.
often time fungal infections require harsh medication to fix it.
Across half the USA and also everywhere else:
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