{"id":1909,"date":"2023-03-22T11:09:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:09:50","slug":"potentially-deadly-superbug-fungus-is-spreading-faster-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1909","title":{"rendered":"Potentially deadly &#8216;superbug&#8217; fungus is spreading faster in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new study shows that the anti-drug resistance and number of cases of the infectious fungus Candida auris increased between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1910\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41.png 1000w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41-770x434.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-41-390x220.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An artist&#8217;s interpretation of what the fungus Candida auris might look like.\u00a0(Image credit: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fungus&nbsp;<em>Candida auris<\/em>, which causes a highly infectious and potentially deadly infection, is spreading faster in U.S. health care facilities and likely becoming more resistant to treatments, a new study shows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>C. auris<\/em>\u00a0is a fungal species of yeast that can infect humans and spread in the blood to major organs. The infection occurs most often in healthcare settings and long-term care facilities and is rare in healthy individuals. But for people who are immune compromised or receive regular invasive treatments for other illnesses, it can often be fatal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/drug-resistant-superbug-fungus-is-spreading-faster-in-the-us\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/drug-resistant-superbug-fungus-is-spreading-faster-in-the-us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that the anti-drug resistance and number of cases of the infectious fungus Candida auris increased between 2019 and 2021. The fungus&nbsp;Candida auris, which causes a highly infectious and potentially deadly infection, is spreading faster in U.S. health care facilities and likely becoming more resistant to treatments, a new study shows.&nbsp; C. auris\u00a0is a fungal species of yeast that can infect humans and spread in the blood to major organs. The infection occurs most often in healthcare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}