{"id":6171,"date":"2024-03-26T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6171"},"modified":"2024-03-26T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T02:26:38","slug":"theres-a-new-fungus-in-town-and-it-wont-be-the-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/03\/26\/theres-a-new-fungus-in-town-and-it-wont-be-the-last\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a New Fungus in Town and It Won&#8217;t Be the Last"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/109323\">MedPageToday<\/a> The arrival of\u00a0<em>C. auris<\/em>\u00a0in Washington is a harbinger of health systems addled by climate change. For healthcare systems in the Pacific Northwest, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/108600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent outbreaks<\/a> \u00a0of\u00a0<em>Candida auris (C. auris)<\/em>\u00a0serve as a wake-up call. The implications of the arrival of this resilient and drug-resistant fungal pathogen are profound, particularly for our most vulnerable patients who are immunocompromised or critically ill. This new threat also represents a bellwether in health circles due to the clear link between the spread of\u00a0<em>C. auris<\/em>\u00a0and climate change. <em>C. auris<\/em>\u00a0is a potentially deadly fungus that was only\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2023\/p0320-cauris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first reported <\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. in 2016. Its arrival to Washington state is not just a local issue; it is a global concern. The rise in global temperatures,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanam\/article\/PIIS2667-193X(22)00067-9\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attributed to climate change<\/a>  is believed to be a key factor behind the alarming surge of<em>\u00a0C. auris<\/em>\u00a0cases. As temperatures increase, fungi can adapt to warmer environments, overpowering the body&#8217;s natural defenses. In the U.S., reported clinical cases\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/generalinfectiousdisease\/103619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increased by 95%<\/a> \u00a0during 2020\u20132021, and in 2022 alone,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/fungal\/candida-auris\/tracking-c-auris.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 2,377 cases <\/a>\u00a0were recorded, emphasizing the urgency of understanding and addressing this emerging threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/109323\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MedPageToday The arrival of\u00a0C. auris\u00a0in Washington is a harbinger of health systems addled by climate change. For healthcare systems in the Pacific Northwest, the\u00a0recent outbreaks \u00a0of\u00a0Candida auris (C. auris)\u00a0serve as a wake-up call. The implications of the arrival of this resilient and drug-resistant fungal pathogen are profound, particularly for our most vulnerable patients who are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fungal-infection"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6171"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6174,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6171\/revisions\/6174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}