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Growing concern over deadly fungus spreading in U.S. health care facilities
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Concern is growing over "Candida Auris," a deadly fungus that the CDC says is rapidly spreading across U.S. health care facilities.
Candida Auris, also known as "C.auris," is a type of fungus that grows as a yeast.
CBS 8 spoke with Dr. John Bradley, medical director of infectious diseases at Rady Children's Hospital, about this worrying trend. While he said that Candida Auris doesn't pose a significant threat to most people, he noted this fungus is especially risky for the immunocompromised — for example, someone doing chemotherapy for cancer.
"A healthy person with a reasonable immune system, this is not a life-threatening pathogen," Dr. Bradley said. "The people who are at risk of getting infected are also the people who have all of these underlying problems"
The CDC says that Candida Auris is growing much faster than expected.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/deadly-fungus-spreading-in-health-care/509-e35dd712-d5d1-4f8a-89fa-65a709477c9a