Scientists in Singapore say they've discovered a sixth major clade of Candida auris, an emerging and often drug-resistant fungal threat.
Scientists in Singapore have discovered a new family member of a nightmare fungus. In new research this week, they detail finding a genetically distinct type ofin several patients of theirs—the sixth such type found to date. The fungus is one of the most feared superbug threats around, since it can resist multiple antifungals as well as spread quickly in hospitals and other hotspots.was first discovered in 2009.
The silver lining to this discovery is that the hospital cases were all still treatable with conventional antifungals. But since these cases don’t appear to be connected to each other, it’s possible that this clade has already begun to spread silently in Singapore and possibly other parts of the world. We also don’t know if and how this version differs from other clades in its ability to cause human illness or large outbreaks.
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