GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — There has been an increase in a drug-resistant fungus at Michigan hospitals since 2021.
Candida auris (C. auris) is a type of yeast that can cause severe illness and spread easily among very sick patients in healthcare facilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
13 ON YOUR SIDE spoke to Michigan’s chief medical officer, Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, about the fungus in our state. She explains it is not necessarily the presence of the fungus itself, but the fact it is resistant to drugs…