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Outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug fungus spread in two U.S. cities, CDC reports

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I struggled with where to post this. Breaking News? but it seemed somehow appropriate here, as it has to do with the future of communicable disease:

Outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug fungus spread in two U.S. cities, CDC reports (CBS)​

"Outbreaks of a drug-resistant "superbug" fungus spread among patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The fungus, Candida auris, preys on people with weakened immune systems. The CDC said evidence suggests these cases involved person-to-person transmission, which would be a first for the U.S.

The clusters in the two cities appear to be unrelated to each other, the report said. The 30-day mortality in both outbreaks combined was 30%, although other health conditions may also have played a role.

Candida auris, which was first seen in the U.S. in 2013, is "resistant to multiple anti-fungal drugs that we have, and it's also resistant to all the things that we use to eradicate bacteria and fungal strains in the hospital," Dr. Neeta Ogden, an internal medicine specialist, told CBS News in 2019 after health officials issued a warning about the emerging threat."

Its relation to COVID may seem tenuous, but it is not nonexistant: "Candida auris infections have been reported in hospitals and long-term care facilities around the world. People who have been hospitalized a long time or who have breathing tubes, feeding tubes or central venous catheters appear to be at highest risk. The fungus can cause wound infections or bloodstream infections, which can be fatal." One of the epicenters of the outbreaks is Texas, where COVID is also spreading rapidly. The confluence of those two outbreaks is alarming and would be devastating.
 
I wonder if the fact that most people eat dead animal carcasses that were "raised" on antibiotics has anything to do with this.
 
Antiwar said:
I wonder if the fact that most people eat dead animal carcasses that were "raised" on antibiotics has anything to do with this.
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Antibiotics aren't used for fungal infections so overuse of them wouldn't be relevant. Anti-fungal medications are used to treat fungal infections. But fungi can develop resistance to those medications, just as bacteria can develop resistance to antibiotics. The risk when it gets going in a hospital is that fungi are airborne.
 
NWRatCon said:
That seems highly unlikely, as this is a fungal outbreak.
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"Superbugs are strains of bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that are resistant to most of the antibiotics and other medications commonly used to treat the infections they cause."


"Certain actions may step up the appearance and spread of antimicrobial-resistant germs, such as:

  • Using or misusing antibiotics"

www.mayoclinic.org

Protect yourself from superbugs

Some bacteria and other germs are resistant to most types of antibiotics and medicines that treat them. Find out the risks and how to prevent infections.
www.mayoclinic.org www.mayoclinic.org
 
Antiwar said:
I wonder if the fact that most people eat dead animal carcasses that were "raised" on antibiotics has anything to do with this.
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And then Antiwar thinks antibiotics work work on fungi.
 
NWRatCon said:
I struggled with where to post this. Breaking News? but it seemed somehow appropriate here, as it has to do with the future of communicable disease:

Outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug fungus spread in two U.S. cities, CDC reports (CBS)​

"Outbreaks of a drug-resistant "superbug" fungus spread among patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The fungus, Candida auris, preys on people with weakened immune systems. The CDC said evidence suggests these cases involved person-to-person transmission, which would be a first for the U.S.

The clusters in the two cities appear to be unrelated to each other, the report said. The 30-day mortality in both outbreaks combined was 30%, although other health conditions may also have played a role.

Candida auris, which was first seen in the U.S. in 2013, is "resistant to multiple anti-fungal drugs that we have, and it's also resistant to all the things that we use to eradicate bacteria and fungal strains in the hospital," Dr. Neeta Ogden, an internal medicine specialist, told CBS News in 2019 after health officials issued a warning about the emerging threat."

Its relation to COVID may seem tenuous, but it is not nonexistant: "Candida auris infections have been reported in hospitals and long-term care facilities around the world. People who have been hospitalized a long time or who have breathing tubes, feeding tubes or central venous catheters appear to be at highest risk. The fungus can cause wound infections or bloodstream infections, which can be fatal." One of the epicenters of the outbreaks is Texas, where COVID is also spreading rapidly. The confluence of those two outbreaks is alarming and would be devastating.
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Resistant fungal infections have been happening for decades. This is very minor as a public health threat versus resistant bacteria, which are fairly common and getting worse over time.

So…don’t waste any worry about this, because much, much more serious threats are already here.
 
Antiwar said:
"Superbugs are strains of bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi that are resistant to most of the antibiotics and other medications commonly used to treat the infections they cause."


"Certain actions may step up the appearance and spread of antimicrobial-resistant germs, such as:

  • Using or misusing antibiotics"

www.mayoclinic.org

Protect yourself from superbugs

Some bacteria and other germs are resistant to most types of antibiotics and medicines that treat them. Find out the risks and how to prevent infections.
www.mayoclinic.org www.mayoclinic.org
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Do you need that parsed for you? Or are you assuming that all drugs are good in all classifications of disease? Would you want an antiviral for a case of strep throat? Or an antifungal for COVID?
 
Luce said:
Do you need that parsed for you? Or are you assuming that all drugs are good in all classifications of disease? Would you want an antiviral for a case of strep throat? Or an antifungal for COVID?
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Take it up with the Mayo Clinic. That means you'd have to look at #6.

I apologize on your behalf.
 
NWRatCon said:
I struggled with where to post this. Breaking News? but it seemed somehow appropriate here, as it has to do with the future of communicable disease:

Outbreaks of a drug-resistant superbug fungus spread in two U.S. cities, CDC reports (CBS)​

"Outbreaks of a drug-resistant "superbug" fungus spread among patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Texas and Washington, D.C., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The fungus, Candida auris, preys on people with weakened immune systems. The CDC said evidence suggests these cases involved person-to-person transmission, which would be a first for the U.S.

The clusters in the two cities appear to be unrelated to each other, the report said. The 30-day mortality in both outbreaks combined was 30%, although other health conditions may also have played a role.

Candida auris, which was first seen in the U.S. in 2013, is "resistant to multiple anti-fungal drugs that we have, and it's also resistant to all the things that we use to eradicate bacteria and fungal strains in the hospital," Dr. Neeta Ogden, an internal medicine specialist, told CBS News in 2019 after health officials issued a warning about the emerging threat."

Its relation to COVID may seem tenuous, but it is not nonexistant: "Candida auris infections have been reported in hospitals and long-term care facilities around the world. People who have been hospitalized a long time or who have breathing tubes, feeding tubes or central venous catheters appear to be at highest risk. The fungus can cause wound infections or bloodstream infections, which can be fatal." One of the epicenters of the outbreaks is Texas, where COVID is also spreading rapidly. The confluence of those two outbreaks is alarming and would be devastating.
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Though this isn't a COVID-19 disease, it's worth noting that the longer we fail to get this disease under control, the more likely we will be to have this happen to us.
 
Antiwar said:
Take it up with the Mayo Clinic. That means you'd have to look at #6.

I apologize on your behalf.
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No, I'm taking it up with you, over your seeming inability to parse a sentence.
 
The problem seems to stem from the 'use a bigger hammer' approach that America is infamous for.

Covid-19 could've been prevented.

www.virology.ws

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic could have been prevented | Virology Blog

The 3,250,000 cases of COVID-19 and 233,000 deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 (numbers as of this writing) could have largely been prevented. The viral outbreak c ...
www.virology.ws www.virology.ws
 
Luce said:
No, I'm taking it up with you, over your seeming inability to parse a sentence.
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Have you looked at #6, yet?
 
"Ever since the late 1990s, the science community has recognized that pharmaceuticals, especially oral contraceptives, are found in sewage water and are potentially contaminating drinking water," Janssen tells WebMD.

Concern among scientists increased when fish in the Potomac River and elsewhere were found to have both male and female characteristics when exposed to estrogen-like substances, she says. For instance, some fish had both testes and an ovary, she says.
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www.webmd.com

Drugs in Our Drinking Water?

A report says small amounts of drugs have made their way into the water supply; experts contacted by WebMD put the potential risks in perspective.
www.webmd.com www.webmd.com
 
What Antiwar doesn’t understand is that none of his posts have anything to do with fungi. Candida auris is a yeast fungus that has nothing to do with antibiotics.
 
Napoleon said:
What Antiwar doesn’t understand is that none of his posts have anything to do with fungi. Candida auris is a yeast fungus that has nothing to do with antibiotics.
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We've been saying that, and he keeps linking to a completely unrelated article.
 
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