3,400 Cases of Candida Auris: CDC Warns of the Superbug’s Growing Threat in Nursing Homes

Health officials are closely monitoring emerging drug-resistant fungus Candida auris in nursing homes and other healthcare settings caring for medically vulnerable patients, following the identification of more than 3,400 clinical cases of the superbug through July 25. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System has tracked C. auris cases…