Candida auris
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Candida auris—Behaviour and Prognosis
Abstract: The genus Candida contains around two hundred different species. For over a decade, health authorities and institutions around the world have been on edge due to the unprecedented rise of Candida auris as a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen, which poses a serious global threat due to its potential to cause nosocomial outbreaks and deep-seated infections with staggering transmissibility and mortality. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other international organisations …
Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Drug Design & Discovery · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Candida auris—An Emerging Superbug
Abstract: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that are found everywhere on Earth. Usually, the optimum conditions that are required for a fungus to grow are acidic pH range of 3–4 and temperature of 25–35 °C. But recently, researchers have found some strains of fungi that are sensitive to acidic pH and low temperature of 25–35 °C whereas they are resistant to basic pH and high temperature. These strains include the species of …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 1–6 Read article