Candida auris: What to know

The multidrug resistant fungus coming soon to your ICU

Candida auris is a multi-drug resistant fungus discovered in 2009 in Japan. The fungus spread across Asia, the Mideast, and Africa before arriving in the U.S. in 2015. Since 2018, C. auris cases have required reporting to public health officials, allowing more effective tracking. Although there were only 5,000 total recorded cases in 28 US states as of …