CDC says nearly 600 cases of deadly drug-resistant fungus reported

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed hundreds of cases of a deadly multidrug-resistant fungus nationwide. The CDC has confirmed 587 cases of the fungus, Candida auris, in 12 states over the past few years, most of them in Chicago, New Jersey and the New York City area. The fungus is a yeast infection with a one-in-three mortality rate in cases where the infection reaches the heart, blood or brain, according to the CDC. David S. Perlin, chief scientific officer of the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation, is featured in this article.

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