DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, July 22 they have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading at two Dallas-area hospitals and a Washington, D.C, nursing home.
The fungus, Candida auris, is a harmful form of yeast that is considered dangerous to hospital and nursing home patients with serious medical problems.
In those cases, there was no evidence the infections had spread from patient to patient – scientists concluded the resistance to the drugs formed during treatment.
auris cases at a nursing home dedicated to very sick patients included three that were resistant to all three kinds of antifungal medications.