States Chronicle - Latest Breaking World News

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Log in
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
  • Investor Relations
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Latest News
    • Right Colors for your Skin Tone
    • MOST ACTIVE NASDAQ After-Hours
    • iPhone 5C Release Date
    • Samsung Galaxy S5 Release Date
    • The History of the Atkins Diet

Numerous US Citizens Affected by a Deadly Fungal Infection

March 12, 2017 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
Fungal infection under microscope

Physicians all over the world are trying to determine the deadly fungal infection which affected so many people by now.

STATES CHRONICLE – More than thirty people in the United States have been affected by a deadly fungal infection which appears to impose resistance to medical treatments. Last June, federal health officials notified United States clinicians to pay attention to the pathogen which has been spreading around the country. The fungus is known to be a strain of Candida auris.

It has been reported in at least twelve countries on five continents starting with 2009. Back then, the virus was first discovered in Japan, in a patient who had an ear infection. Since then, the deadly fungal infection has been encountered in the United Kingdom, Venezuela, South Korea, Pakistan, Kuwait, Kenya, Israel, India, and Colombia.

Unlike other varieties of yeast infections, this one is known to cause severe bloodstream infections, and it manages to spread very fast from person to person, surviving for months on people’s skin and weeks on hospital equipment, chairs and bed rails. Some of the strains of yeast became resistant to all the major types of antifungal treatment.

Statistics indicate that approximately 60% of those who were diagnosed with these infections have died. Nevertheless, several such patients also suffered from other severe illnesses. Patients who are threatened with a high risk are those who were in intensive care for an extended period. Other patients who might by threatened with this sort of infections are those who have a central line catheter inserted into a large vein or those who are on ventilators.

In the US, the biggest number of deadly fungal infections has been reported in New York. Based on the data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 28 cases were reported. Similar infections were registered in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Illinois. In June 2016, the CDC delivered a warning to all physicians asking them to look for these infections which, apparently, are hard to be determined by standard laboratory methods.

Tom Chiller, the top fungal expert of CDC, stated that when they released that warning, they started receiving reports about more and more cases and, thus, they found out more about how the virus behaves and how it spreads. Now, the CDC is engaged in tracking all the infections, updating the number of patients every few weeks.

Image courtesy of: wikipedia

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Health

About Georgia Dawson

What Georgia best loves about journalism is the intricacies of covering a story. Following a lead, talking to people or conducting under-the-hood investigations is what fuels Georgia’s drive for this profession.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 30 other subscribers

Doom and MiniDoom 2

Volunteer-Based Mexican Studio Releases Sidescrolling Doom Clone

March 12, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Chinese Mom and locked iPhone.

Toddler Locks Chinese Mom Out of Phone for Half a Century

March 9, 2018 By James Faulkner Leave a Comment

Alexa laughing

Amazon Alexa Laughing out of the Blue Puzzles Engineers

March 8, 2018 By Jack M. Robinson Leave a Comment

Flippy and the Burgers

Meet Flippy, World’s First Fast-Food Robotic Chef

March 6, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

System Shock

System Shock Remastered Delayed, Nightdive Studios CEO Announces

February 19, 2018 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Sea of Thieves.

Sea of Thieves Optimized for Low-End PCs

February 14, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Sony and VR

Sony Touts New Generation of VR Controllers

January 31, 2018 By Deborah Cobing Leave a Comment

YouTube

YouTube Stiffens Its Monetization Policy to Discourage Spammers and Bad Actors

January 18, 2018 By Georgia Dawson Leave a Comment

Google Art Doppelganger

Google App Can Now Show Your Art Doppelganger

January 15, 2018 By Troy Rubenson Leave a Comment

YouTube mobile app logo on a smartphone

YouTube Now Enables Vertical Videos on iOS

December 24, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Samsung Galaxy S2 with a shattered screen

Cracked Smartphone Screens Are a Thing of the Past – Self-Healing Polymer Gets Fixed Just by Pressing It

December 20, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Bing logo on a white background

Bing Improves Its Search Results with the Help of AI and Reddit Integration

December 16, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

White hashtag on a blue background

Follow Your Interests on Instagram by Directly Following Hashtags

December 14, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge on a leather seat

Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Make More People Happier as Compared to iPhones

December 13, 2017 By Janet Vasquez Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • image of retina

    Laser Pointer Makes Hole in Little Boy’s Retina

    Jun 21, 2018
  • person playing a video game

    World Health Organization Officially Recognizes Gaming Disorder

    Jun 19, 2018
  • two robot hands

    Sex Robots Don’t, In Fact, Provide Any Heath Benefits (Study)

    Jun 6, 2018
  • women's health initiative logo

    Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Skip Chemotherapy (Study)

    Jun 4, 2018
  • bowl of vitamin supplements

    Vitamin and Mineral Supplements are Useless (Study)

    May 31, 2018
  • two cockroaches on a leaf

    Cockroach Milk, The Latest Superfood Trend

    May 29, 2018
  • seafood on platter

    Seafood Boosts Libido and Fertility (Study)

    May 25, 2018
  • Vitamin D pills

    Vitamin D Therapy to Treat Diabetes and Cancer (Study)

    May 14, 2018
  • woman with a runny nose

    Woman’s Runny Nose Was Actually Brain Fluid Leak

    May 8, 2018
  • children running

    Children are in Better Shape than Athletes (Study)

    Apr 25, 2018

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Markets
  • National News
  • Nature
  • News
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • World

Copyright © 2021 statechronicle.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Contact

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more.