IN SUMMARY
- #Cauris spread was likely exacerbated by COVID-19-related strain on health care and public health systems - i.e., staff and equipment shortages, increased patient burden and disease severity, increased antimicrobial use, changes in patient movement patterns, and poor implementation of non–COVID-19 prevention/control measures.
- Containment is possible - desperately need investment in public health especially with competing infectious diseases threats!

C. auris is making news again (and rightly so). #Cauris is spreading rapidly in long-term acute care hospitals in the US.

We must not be complacent in Canada.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/20/candida-auris-fungus-infection/

Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, #CDC says
the fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems.

#Fungus #ImmunoCompromised #CandidaAuris #CAuris #Healthcare
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-fungal-infection-candida-auris-alarming-spread-rcna75477

General information about the #outbreak of #CandidaAuris https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/candida-auris/index.html #drugresistant #cauris #pandemia

#Cauris can infect the heart, brain, blood. It is associated with a 30-60% case fatality rate. This pathogen is resilient in its environment and can withstand many disinfectants. Halting outbreaks has meant closure of some facilities to be sterilized.

And yet - fungal pathogens get less than 1.5% of all infectious diseases funding. There is an urgent need for investment in surveillance and reporting, as well as investment in diagnostics and therapeutics.
#AMR #antimicrobialresistance

WHO has a list of fungal pathogens posing serious threats to human health - Candida auris (#Cauris) is in the critical (highest) priority category. #Cauris was first identified in 2009 in Japan. The US has had over 5,000 cases in hospitals & nursing homes.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/09/fungal-crisis-is-here-past-time-to-address-it/

30 EU/EEA countries surveyed on C. auris:
- 1812 cases 2013-21 - 335 cases 2020 ➡️ 655 cases 2021
- 97% of cases - no data on whether imported or locally acquired
- 2019-21 - 14 outbreaks (327 cases; range 2-214 cases per outbreak) w interfacility transmission in 8

#WAAW #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek
#Cauris

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200846

30 EU/EEA countries surveyed on C. auris:
- 1812 cases 2013-21 - 335 cases 2020 ➡️ 655 cases 2021
- 97% of cases - no data on whether imported or locally acquired
- 2019-21 - 14 outbreaks (327 cases; range 2-214 cases per outbreak) w interfacility transmission in 8

#WAAW #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek
#Cauris

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.46.2200846