The super mushroom causes the hospital to close down in EP; Know the drug-resistant microorganism

Candida auris causes an infection of the bloodstream and is not identified through basic testing

The presence of a patient suffering from a super resistant and lethal mushroom has meant that the Miguel Arraes State Hospital, in Paulista (municipality of the Metropolitan Region of recife), suspend the admission of new patients. The goal is to limit the spread of the “super mushroom”. The 77-year-old patient was diagnosed on May 11 with candida aurisaccording to the Pernambuco Health Surveillance Agency (Apevisa).

Three days later, another case was diagnosed in Pernambuco, this time at the Tricentenary Hospital, Olinda, where the patient is 48 years old. In this health unit, only the area where the patient was circulating was isolated.

OR candida auris it causes blood flow and other invasive infections and is very resistant to drugs commonly used to fight fungi. There are several strains of C. auris, and some are immune to all three existing drug classes.

Thus, according to health agencies such as the US government’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the mortality rate of infected patients reaches 60%. Transmission usually occurs in hospital settings, where patients are already suffering from other diseases, which contribute to aggravation and eventual death.

Being a relatively recent microbe – it was identified for the first time in 2009, in Japan – there is still no detailed information on how the disease is transmitted. candida auris. “Early evidence suggests that it is spread in the health service through contact with contaminated surfaces or equipment in the rooms of colonised/infected patients, and it is therefore essential to strengthen prevention and control measures with particular attention to hand hygiene and cleanliness and disinfection of the environment and equipment”, informs a note from the state health department of Pernambuco.

In addition to being resistant to drugs, this fungus is also more resistant to disinfectants, making it more difficult to sanitize a contaminated environment.

Another difficulty imposed by candida auris it is identification. Basic tests that can identify other types of mushrooms are not helpful in identifying this one. There are several records of victims who were initially diagnosed with another type of fungus and treated inappropriately until proper identification was made.

Historical

The first case in Brazil was recorded in a hospital in Salvador on December 4, 2020. The victim was admitted to intensive care to treat covid-19. According to the Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Foundation, the largest outbreak ever recorded in Brazil occurred in Recife, which recorded 48 cases between November 2021 and February 2022.

The fungus was first identified in the Americas in March 2012 when it affected 18 patients at a hospital in Venezuela. Then there were cases in Colombia, Panama and Chile. In the United States it was first identified in 2016, in a New York hospital. The number of cases is growing and the amount of drugs needed to inactivate the fungus has increased, according to health authorities.

Source: Terra

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