Deadly Fungus :( - Page 2

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

A hospital had a patient with an infection of Candida auris ...the floor and ceiling tiles had to be removed in order to clean the room.

In another instance, hydrogen peroxide was aspirated into a room in order to sterilize it after a patient with C. auris vacated the room.

All microorganisms died except C. auris!

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@SilleeMee

“Opportunistic”...like that description!

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

@colliemom4

The type of strep bacteria that is flesh-eating is called “MRSA.”

I was told 10 years ago that the staph-acne on my face was MRSA! I asked the nurse PA...”you mean I have a flesh-eating bacteria on my face?”

No, she said “we just have to treat them (staph infections) all the same way.” !

Fast forward to now:

it still isn’t gone; never was my face suffering from staph.

Your friend who is a nurse probably contracted this.

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@sidsmom wrote:
@SilleeMee
“Opportunistic”...like that description!

I think I may have seen a person like that...someone in a higher place, maybe. @sidsmom

dex · ‎03-09-2010

@cactusgal wrote:

Seems like it

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

@SilleeMee
and pathogenic 😉

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@LTT1 wrote:
@SilleeMee
and pathogenic 😉

Tisk, tisk. @LTT1

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@LTT1 wrote:
@SilleeMee
and pathogenic 😉

And resistant to treatment.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

This fungus was already on the radar for infection control of the hospital I retired from 6 years ago. Not because that facility had treated anyone with it, but because the fungus had been identified, and is usually diagnosed in a hospitalized patient or a nursing home/rehab setting.

This is very concerning when there is resistance to current anti fungal medication and/or if the fungal infection is outside the healthcare environment as a community acquired infection, like MRSA, C-diff, etc.