A deadly fungus that kills up to one in three people it infects is spreading rapidly across the US — and has reached yet another state.
Candida auris — a type of yeast resistant to most antifungal medication — is now infecting Americans in 36 states, having just reached Washington, according to the latest announcement from local health officials.
Four patients being treated in a Seattle hospital have been infected with the fungus since January, they said.
The yeast is highly transmissible, easily spread via touching contaminated surfaces among patients with weakened immune systems — with infections potentially triggering deadly sepsis.
And it is resistant to medicines commonly used to treat fungal infections.
Daily Mail
