Saturday, April 6, 2019

Nature Wants You Dead, Dead, Dead

Kill us all, hideous drug-resistant bacteria!
New York Times:
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy  —  The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.  —  Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery.

1 comment:

Dr Roy Tam said...

Candida species are fungal in nature, and must be treated with fungicides that can have severe side effects.