Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are making strides to combat Candida auris, the deadly fungus, by testing a new potential treatment, thanks to a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — When it comes to drug-resistant infections, most people immediately think about bacteria. The well-publicized MRSA infection caused by a type of staph bacteria that’s become resistant to many antibiotics is an example.
Now researchers at Case Western Reserve University are making strides to combat the deadly fungus by testing a new potential treatment, thanks to a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.which is Latin for ear - comes from the location where it was first identified — a patient’s ear. Since then, it has spread worldwide, and starting in 2018 became of such concern in the U.S.
It’s particularly deadly, in part because it’s hard to identify and so many infections go undiagnosed, but also because once identified there’s no way to kill it. Some strains are now resistant to all three of the known anti-fungal drugs, it’s resistant to many hospital disinfectants, and it lives on skin and bedding allowing it to spread easily from person to person and hard to eliminate from the environment.
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