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Cases of Candida auris -- a fungus that can kill people with weakened immune systems -- have skyrocketed in recent years and saw a "dramatic" uptick in 2021, according to a report published Monday.

A research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has uncovered a new way in which the yeast Candida albicans can damage human ...

Candida auris is a newly emerged strain of the fungus Candida, which already causes some 25,000 infections annually. Some 30 to 60 percent of people infected with C. auris have died, the CDC said.

Candida auris has regions in its genome where mutations occur when drugs are introduced into the fungus, which allows the fungus to mutate and become resistant to each drug that is used, Yeaman said.

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The fungus kills 30-60 percent of the people who get it and the CDC says hundreds of cases have been reported in Florida. The fungus, called candida auris, is a form of yeast.

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