There has been ongoing transmission at two long-term care facilities, although cases have been identified at several other facilities in the state. Nicolas Armer / picture alliance via Getty Images file Petri dish of candida auris in a laboratory in Würzburg, Germany, on Jan. auris with four 'potentially associated deaths,' the state's epidemiologist Dr. Since November, at least 12 people have been infected with C. The CDC's new warning, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, comes as the Mississippi Department of Health is fighting a growing outbreak of the fungus.
“We’ve seen increases not just in areas of ongoing transmission, but also in new areas.” Meghan Lyman, chief medical officer in the CDC’s Mycotic Diseases Branch, said in an interview. The increases, “especially in the most recent years, are really concerning to us,” the study’s lead author, Dr.
