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Deadly drug-resistant fungus outbreak strikes 200 UK hospital patients
Official guidance states that infections are usually minor / PA
andida auris infections that target the immune system have been diagnosed across 20 separate NHS trusts and independent hospitals and are proving ?difficult to control?
Ryan Wilkinson
Tuesday 15 August 2017 10:30 BST
More than 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of a drug-resistant fungus.
Some 20 separate NHS trusts and independent hospitals detected Candida auris in patients, with three hospitals being forced to tackle ?large? outbreaks of the pathogen that is ?difficult to control?.
First discovered in Japan, the family of yeasts can live on the skin and inside the body, causing complications in people with weakened immune systems.
Public Health England (PHE) said doctors at one hospital were still dealing with an outbreak of the fungus, which is resistant to a commonly prescribed fungicidal drug.
Medical staff have been issued with new guidance on detecting and dealing with the fungus, including the ?intensive? disinfection of wards amid concern over the ?increasing experience of the complexities? infections are posing...
Deadly drug-resistant fungus outbreak strikes 200 UK hospital patients
Official guidance states that infections are usually minor / PA
andida auris infections that target the immune system have been diagnosed across 20 separate NHS trusts and independent hospitals and are proving ?difficult to control?
Ryan Wilkinson
Tuesday 15 August 2017 10:30 BST
More than 200 people have been contaminated or infected with a potentially deadly strain of a drug-resistant fungus.
Some 20 separate NHS trusts and independent hospitals detected Candida auris in patients, with three hospitals being forced to tackle ?large? outbreaks of the pathogen that is ?difficult to control?.
First discovered in Japan, the family of yeasts can live on the skin and inside the body, causing complications in people with weakened immune systems.
Public Health England (PHE) said doctors at one hospital were still dealing with an outbreak of the fungus, which is resistant to a commonly prescribed fungicidal drug.
Medical staff have been issued with new guidance on detecting and dealing with the fungus, including the ?intensive? disinfection of wards amid concern over the ?increasing experience of the complexities? infections are posing...