Patients in American hospitals and long-term care facilities face a growing threat from Candida auris, a drug-resistant ...

Almost everyone carries Candida albicans. The yeast colonizes human mucous membranes—for example, the oral mucosa and the ...

Candida auris can “colonize” the skin and spread easily to surfaces.

Candida auris infections are rapidly rising across the U.S., raising concerns over drug resistance, hospital spread, and risks to vulnerable patients.

Two states north of Tennessee are experiencing an outbreak of a deadly fungal infection. And it's not the first time that it has caused worry. Candida auris, a potentially deadly fungal infection, has ...

A vaccine created by University of Georgia researchers to battle multiple life-threatening fungal infections is also effective against Candida auris in mice, according to a new study published in ...

Identification of genes under recent selection provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of human-related adaptation in Candida pathogens. The study reveals both known and novel genetic variants ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered how Candida fungi suppress the immune system, a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for deadly fungal infections and antifungal-re ...

A groundbreaking study from Michigan State University (MSU), published in Nature Communications, reveals how the multidrug-resistant superfungus Candida auris uniquely reconstructs its cell wall to ...

Life-threatening fungal infection that can live on surfaces for weeks is rising in the US - The infection typically affects ...

Candida auris cases more than doubled from 2022 to 2024, CDC reports. How much of the rise in this drug-resistant fungus is real spread, and how much better detection?

Global fungal infections, which affect 1 billion people and cause 1.5 million deaths each year, are on the rise due to the increasing number of medical treatments that heighten vulnerability. Patients ...