CDC Cautions Providers Over Multidrug-resistant Yeast Infections

Urgent care centers see their share of patients seeking relief from yeast infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare facilities around the country of a multidrug-resistant type of yeast that has caused deadly hospital infections across the globe.  Most commonly, Candida auris has caused healthcare-associated invasive infections such as bloodstream infections, wound infections, and otitis. Officials started taking note of international reports of C auris infections when it became clear that the infections acted differently from traditional invasive Candida infections. Another cause for concern is that testing of C auris isolates demonstrated that nearly all exhibited varying levels of resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs. As such, treatment options for C auris infections could be limited. The CDC recommends that any suspected cases of C auris be reported to state and local public health authorities and the CDC.