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CDC confirms 144 cases of dangerous 'superbug' in Illinois, calls drug-resistant fungus 'global health threat'
- Thread starter Funky Dude Sparks
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if this spreads to the hospital i work at, i'll probably just quit. we are not equipped to deal with shit like this, too many people here don't even grasp the importance of disinfecting your hands between patients..
also dying from a bloodstream infection is probably one of the worst ways to die. i almost did and it was just incredibly hellish, like slow motion torture. pumped so full of drugs that i hallucinated for days and days in the ICU, experiencing all the worst nightmares my subconscious could come up with.
also dying from a bloodstream infection is probably one of the worst ways to die. i almost did and it was just incredibly hellish, like slow motion torture. pumped so full of drugs that i hallucinated for days and days in the ICU, experiencing all the worst nightmares my subconscious could come up with.
Yeaaaaaah was reading about this yesterday. That case where they found the fungus all over the room after quarantining it is nightmareish
Heres the CDC page:
https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/candida-auris/candida-auris-qanda.html
And here are the current Maps Comrade Doggo Sparky if you want to add to OP:
Oh fuck!!! My state of Maryland has a color and I was in a hospital ER this past weekend.....
This is really scary, CDC reports that this fungus can live on surfaces for several weeks: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/candida-auris/c-auris-drug-resistant.html
It seems like the worst case scenario for this is that it basically infects most of the population (since it seems extremely resilient to disinfecting and seems to be growing on all kinds of surfaces) but it remains latent and then when people get immunocompromised it starts working. Say bye bye to relatively safe modern relative surgery since bodies will be wide open to being attacked by the fungus then.
According to Wikipedia, it sounds like this fungus will be very difficult to find a treatment for as there are "substantial genomic diversity" for this fungus and it was only discovered in 2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_auris
The Wikipedia article also states that this fungus is easily misidentified as other fungal species:
The Wikipedia article also states that this fungus is easily misidentified as other fungal species:
NY TImes reports that outbreaks of this fungus was either downplayed or kept confidential!!!!!: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/...tion=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
It might be very difficult to develop a drug to treat this new fungus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_auris
The symptoms for being infected with this fungus could cause a person to think they have something else: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/...tion=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
Sounds like the world needs to come together and combat this pronto. Money spending is in order.
Thats not uncommon though.
If you find a tiny spot of mold in i.e. your bathroom there is a very high chance its spores have spread in your entire apartment.
Fungi spores (some bad, some not) are basicly everywhere all the time anyway.
I'm sure you heard the term "valley fever" before.
It's a fungural infection caused by spores found in super dry soil like desert sands (!) and dust in the south west of the US.
We had a pretty interesting class in psychology at the university about that fungus as it can also possibly invade your brain causing psychosis-like misbehavior.
Jeeze, the laboratory test for this fungus takes 1 to 2 weeks to get the resulta: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/candida-auris/fact-sheets/c-auris-testing.html
Terrifying! Hope they get a handle on it. Sounds like it could be a real nightmare for hospitals and nursing homes. If it gets really out of control.. Fuck.
I was supposed to go to my neurologist later in the morning, that's technically in part of a hospital. I just have to go through a lobby part to get to the elevator to where they are. Should I not go?
This is why fear mongering is so dangerous.
Yes, you should go. The number of cases of this fungus are very low.
Sure, not sure why the OP has yet to update his thread with this important info.
I just can't tell if you are serious or not.
I mean, would you really cancel a doctors appointment or even a wedding because of rare infection which basicly only affects a handful of preconditioned patients?
would are you doing during a (real) flu epidemic which is also potentially deadly? lock yourself in for 2 months straight?
Thought the "stay safe" would've been enough without the /s
That's what you get when you use antibiotics carelessly for decades.
Fucking hell
Fucking hell
we dead brother, and my mother has a weird flu right now that caused bleeding in the ear...............shit, shes got like the strongest immune system i know of.