Milan – A 79 year old man infected with the ‘killer mushroom’ White ears And died in Milan for a septic crisis. The patient had arrived from Greece, where he had been in intensive care for eight months, to be hospitalized at theSacco hospital of the Lombard capital, specialized in infectious diseasesof which it is one of the national reference centres.
From the laboratory tests to which he was subjected, the results were different positives, among which the most significant is precisely that to Candida auris. The man, who arrived at the Sacco about ten days ago, died this morning. Having come from Greece it would not be an autochthonous case, but it would have the case profile imported.
Candida auris, as the Latin name suggests, is an infection affecting the ear canal. It is one of the few species of the genus Candida that generates candidiasis in humans. In his finvasive form candidiasis can infect the blood, central nervous system, kidneys, liver, bones, muscles, joints, spleen, and eyes. In Italy the first case of invasive infection by Candida auris has been identified in the 2019followed by a outbreak which affected the northern regions in the 2020-2021 pandemic period, reads the Epicentro website of theHigher Institute of Health.
Candida auris is spreading significantly for example in the United States, where the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) have defined it “an urgent threat” for his antibiotic resistance.
2023-05-26 18:00:00
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