Le facteur pouvant déclencher des mycoses vaginales est dans la plupart des cas, une levure connue sous le nom de candida albicans (il existe en effet quelques autres levures pouvant déclencher ce phénomène, même si le candida albicans reste la plus commune). The CDC has recorded two deaths in New York related to Candida auris infections, according to the most recent statistics released by the CDC on March 31. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a deadly, drug-resistant fungus is spreading around healthcare facilities and is a serious global health threat. Candida auris has recently emerged as a multi-drug resistant fungal pathogen that poses a serious global health threat, especially for patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). Thirteen people in the United States have been infected with a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungal infection since 2009, health officials say. SCYNEXIS Commends the New York Times for its Reporting on Candida auris and Other Drug-Resistant Pathogens The mysterious infection has appeared at hospitals around the world, but few institutions or families have discussed their experience. Avec, pour répondre à ce champignon potentiellement tueur, très peu d’options médicales pour l’instant. Explications. Qu’est-ce que le Candida auris ? Candida auris is a species of fungus first described in 2009, which grows as yeast. It is one of the few species of the genus Candida which cause candidiasis in humans. Candida auris, a fungus discovered in 2009, seems to have been around for thousands of years. But it's only cropped up among patients more recently -- and doctors want to know why.