The World Health Organization has identified dangerous fungi that require additional research.

Forbes writes about it.

High-priority fungi include:

Cryptococcus neoformans:

A naturally occurring yeast pathogen that causes cryptococcosis, a lung infection with pneumonia-like symptoms, meningitis, or skin, bone, or internal organ involvement, with a fatality rate of 41% to 61% of those affected.

Candida auris:

a worldwide yeast pathogen that causes invasive candidiasis, an infection characterized by mucocutaneous lesions, fungemia, and sometimes focal infection involving various organs, with a mortality rate of 29% to 53%.

Aspergillus fumigatus:

a mold that can cause invasive infections that can affect the respiratory system and other organs;

mortality in case of resistant to antifungal drugs IA ranges from 47 to 88%.

Candida albicans:

A pathogenic yeast that is part of the human microbiota but can cause invasive candidiasis, with a mortality rate of 20% to 50%.

Fungal infections are a great danger not only for our body, but also for healthcare institutions.

According to William Schaffner, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, once fungi enter a hospital, they are very difficult to control and eradicate.

They can persist, smoldering, causing infections for a considerable period, despite the best efforts of the infection control team and the rest of the hospital staff.

Earlier it became known that a deadly fungal infection - Candida Auris

 or C. Auris -   

is rapidly spreading in medical facilities throughout the United States,  which can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems.

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