Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Candida auris – UK: nosocomial, epidemiology
PRO/EDR> Candida auris – UK: nosocomial, epidemiology
Hospital-Related Infection -- United KingdomThe outbreak of a potentially deadly fungus at a major London hospital was blamed on "low nursing levels," the Standard reports.A total of 31 patients were colonised with the so-called "Japanese fungus" _Candida auris_ at King's College hospital, in Denmark Hill, after it was passed on from a woman patient admitted from the Royal Brompton, the specialist heart and lung hospital in Chelsea in April 2016.Today [15 Aug 2017] it emerged that more than 200 patients Read more [...]
