Candida auris: What is the deadly fungus sweeping through US hospitals?
A drug-resistant yeast fungus has been detected in more than 30 countries. What do we know about it? …
Transmission is mainly through contaminated surfaces in hospitals. It sticks to intravenous lines and blood pressure cuffs. It’s really hard to clean off, according to Dr Neil Stone, leading fungal expert at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London.
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