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Candida auris fungi is different from COVID-19 and H1N1, it is a fungal infection. Candida auris not only infects ears, but also can invade skin, mucosa, brain, lung, gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract and other parts to cause infection. Because it is resistant to multiple antifungal drugs commonly used to treat Candida infections. Some strains are resistant to all three available classes of antifungals and it has a high mortality rate after infection, it is known as a "super fungus".

Why Candida auris can not control well?

Because it’s difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it can be misidentified in labs without specific technology. Misidentification may lead to inappropriate management. It has caused outbreaks in healthcare settings. For this reason, it’s important to quickly identify Candida auris in a hospitalized patient so that healthcare facilities can take special precautions to stop its spread.

For serveral years after the first American cases were reported in 2016, only a few dozen Candida auris patients were reported to the CDC annually. But cases have begun to accelerate in recent years, according to the new CDC data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Now half of American states have appeared infected people.

Fungi have a particularly strong ability to survive and reproduce, adhering to surfaces such as medical devices, gloves, and isolation clothing, while general disinfectants such as alcohol and chlorine containing disinfectants are difficult to kill germs. Due to the impact of COVID-19, public attention and prevention and control measures focused on COVID-19, ignoring the pathogenic rate of this fungus. In addition, the shortage of materials and the reuse of protective clothing promoted the spread of the pathogen.

The best way to aviod Candida auris is to keep you ear clean; don’t use your hand to pick your ear; disinfecte area frequently.