State health officials have identified 13 confirmed and 27 suspected cases of Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII, a fungal skin infection that causes severe ringworm.
Analysis of C auris clinical isolates by the CDC's Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network finds that 95% were resistant to fluconazole and 15% to amphotericin B.
Histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis, which are often linked to contaminated soil, occur in different parts of the US.
Data from a new survey show Candida auris, which can cause deadly invasive infections, is spreading rapidly in European hospitals.
Data from 412 US hospitals from 2018 through 2023 show 4.5% of patients received an antifungal, a finding researchers say warrants a specific focus on antifungal stewardship.
Patients infected with the multidrug-resistant fungus were "characterized by significant underlying morbidity and disease burden," the study authors write.
Screening of more than 12,000 Aspergillus fumigatus isolates collected from Dutch hospitals found 15% harbored triazole resistance mutations.
The higher death rate was likely driven by strained healthcare systems amid the pandemic and more patients susceptible to Candida species because of severe COVID-19, the researchers say.
More than 6.5 million fungal infections occur annually and cause 3.8 million deaths, and nations lack necessary tests and treatment.
Eighteen workers with blastomycosis were hospitalized (12%), and 1 patient died.
