Science Story

October 29th, 2020

With Covid-19 hitting many places throughout the world. The United Kingdom has seen a rise of a new super bug hitting their hospitals this year.

The new super bug name is Candida Auris it’s a pathogen that can evade drugs made to kill it. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic it has help propel infection rates this year. With people being in and out of the hospital because of COVID.

According to Tom Chiller head of the mycotic diseases branch at the U.S CDC says ” We’ve also seen it get into some of the acute care hospitals and also into some COVID-19 units…The Concern there is that once it sets up shop in a place it’s hard to get rid of.”

The super bug sticks to any surface allowing it to colonize faster than some other diseases. With this out break C. Auris is becoming more common in hospitals making the growth of the superbug seem unlikely to stop anytime soon.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/drug-resistant-superbug-candida-auris-thriving-hospitals-coronavirus-era/


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