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Season 5Episode 427

427 - Candida auris: A Yeast to Fear

Feb 7, 2022
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Candida auris is a species of yeast that is increasingly becoming a hospital-acquired drug-resistant infection. Dr. Tara Palmore, the hospital epidemiologist at the George Washington University Hospital talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about this emerging pathogen and the risks it poses to vulnerable patients, why COVID-19 has made matters worse, and what's needed to stop it.

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