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Candida auris Rising in Michigan | Lansing News
A deadly, drug-resistant fungus called Candida auris is spreading fast—Michigan now ranks second in the U.S. with over 500 cases, trailing only Texas. Since 2021, the state has logged more than 3,000 infections, as nationwide cases surge from nearly 3,000 in 2022 to over 6,000 in 2024. This tough-to-treat yeast thrives in hospitals and targets the sickest patients, causing everything from skin rashes to life-threatening infections. Doctors must often combine drugs or use last-resort treatments, since standard antifungals rarely work. First spotted in Asia in 2009 and arriving in the U.S. in…
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