'Worrisome' deadly fungus spreading through US at alarming rate

[pellinore]

A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus is spreading rapidly through US health facilities, according to a government study.

Researchers from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems.

The number of people diagnosed, as well as the number who were found through screening to be carrying C. auris, has been rising at an alarming rate since the fungus was first reported in the US in 2016.

'Worrisome' deadly fungus spreading through US at alarming rate | US News | Sky News

Edited March 21 by pellinore

[psyche101]

Lol

It's orange.

 

 

And was first noticed in 2016

 

 

[bmk1245]

34 minutes ago, psyche101 said:

Lol

It's orange.

 

 

And was first noticed in 2016

 

 

Orange?

A strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2019

(link)

[pellinore]

11 minutes ago, bmk1245 said:

Orange?

A strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2019

(link)

Is it nicknamed Captain Trips, by any chance?

Edited March 21 by pellinore

[psyche101]

14 hours ago, bmk1245 said:

Orange?

A strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2019

(link)

Hasn't bloomed yet bmk. 

Petrie dish remember?

The orange menace comes in many forms!! 

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

I fail, TOTALLY FAIL, to see how anyone could associate Trump with a noxious, potentially deadly, as-yet-unstopped, mindless infection that is either deathly pale or virulently orange.

*whistles innocently*

Edited March 22 by Sir Wearer of Hats

[+and-then]

4 minutes ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

to see how anyone could associate Trump with a noxious, potentially deadly, as-yet-unstopped, mindless infection that is either deathly pale or virulently orange.

It's easy - it just requires mental illness as a precursor  

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

11 minutes ago, and-then said:

It's easy - it just requires mental illness as a precursor  

To be fair, Psyche’s an Aussie, so he might not have a mental illness, he might just be drunk.

[psyche101]

27 minutes ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

To be fair, Psyche’s an Aussie, so he might not have a mental illness, he might just be drunk.

 

[psyche101]

59 minutes ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

I fail, TOTALLY FAIL, to see how anyone could associate Trump with a noxious, potentially deadly, as-yet-unstopped, mindless infection that is either deathly pale or virulently orange.

*whistles innocently*

It was the year that gave it away.

[Rolltide]

[itsnotoutthere]

 

[itsnotoutthere]

[psyche101]

 

[+and-then]

On 3/21/2023 at 7:48 PM, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

To be fair, Psyche’s an Aussie, so he might not have a mental illness, he might just be drunk.

Fair point   I stand corrected...

[itsnotoutthere]

2 hours ago, psyche101 said:

 

Biden supporters be like:

 

[psyche101]

16 minutes ago, itsnotoutthere said:

Biden supporters be like: