The world-wide superbug crisis is growing. The results of the new study on candida auris, which was noticed in the USA in 2019 and had no cure, once again terrified. It turns out that apples harbor the deadly drug-resistant fungus.
Indian and Canadian scholars believe fungicides, the drugs used to keep fruit fresh, are to blame. Experts found that 13 percent of the apples analyzed in Delhi had candida auris on their surface. None of the apples analyzed were freshly picked, market-bought apples.
IT AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
Candida auris was first spotted in 2009 and has since affected hundreds of people in the UK and US. Studies admitted that they do not fully understand what affects and spreads the fungus. Research on drug-resistant fungi has accelerated.
According to the information in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 30-60 percent of people with candida auris infection died.
Of the more than 120 cases of Candida auris identified, five were said to be completely resistant to drugs. According to the CDC, about one-third of infected patients died within 30 days, but it is not yet clear whether the deaths of these previously sick people were caused by the fungus.