Abstract:Candida auris is an emerging public health threat fungal pathogen of high virulence and mortality rates throughout the world causing outbreaks in hospitals, hence it has become both an unfathomable and challenging nosocomial infection. The prevalence of this yeast infection is mostly seen in immunocompromised patients admitted to intensive care units in use of antibiotics, immunosuppressive drugs and catheters. As it exhibits an amplified resistance to recurrent antifungal drugs, along with its delayed diagnos… Show more
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