1st outbreak of serious, treatment-resistant C. auris fungus confirmed in Seattle
Washington state healthcare providers are dealing with the first known outbreak of the C. auris fungus, which can cause serious infections and even death.
C. auris is a fungus that can cause serious infections and can be resistant to treatment medications, according to the CDC.
It’s now been confirmed in four patients, with links to Kindred Hospital, on First Hill in Seattle, according to Public Health Seattle & King County.
The facility routinely screens all incoming patients for this fungus and notified the health department that a patient, admitted Jan. 10, tested positive for it.
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Ugh. Another thing for medically vulnerable people to fret about
@467076
4 ай бұрын
OMG HOW DARE YOU NOT HAVE COMPASSION!! HAVE SOME EMPATHY!! Like that lol
"Only people with preexisting conditions are at risk." People infected with SARS2 suffering from COVID have a preexisting condition.
@Yarn_368
3 ай бұрын
Those vaxc injured also have pre existing condition
@UnclePea
3 ай бұрын
@@Yarn_368 You must be referring to this vulnerability: getting vaccinated for covid causes one to be so immunocompromised that one can never be a good host again-host for a buncha viruses, that is. Billions of people so far.
@SolidGeddoe
3 ай бұрын
@@Yarn_368 I think the jabb are more at risk,jabb has ruined many immune systems plus other damage but the brainwashed still think it's safe and effective
C. Autis fungi originates in Asia, where else? First ID’ed in Japan then moved throughout Asia and arrived in the US in 2013. It’s considered a candida
@mw9061
4 ай бұрын
candidas was already everywhere. it naturally exists in our feces. lazy slobs that slather on amtifungal instead of regular hygiene. now we all have to experience something more dangerous than covid. fungus is hard to treat and cellularly similar to human cells.
@vallee7966
3 ай бұрын
@@user-tx2vi4le7s kids are OK?
@seraphim3TN
3 ай бұрын
it's a run of the mill yeast infection. they are trying to scare you.
C. auris is the yeast of Seattle's worries.
@gtron7692
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 good one!
@boxfox2945
4 ай бұрын
😂
@vallee7966
3 ай бұрын
Har har ha!
@cryonsjr
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@iampatricemeeks9512
3 ай бұрын
😂😂
Wtf? The last of us coming true
@imakeherskeet-wj8jz
4 ай бұрын
So is like a type of shingles?
@UnclePea
3 ай бұрын
@@imakeherskeet-wj8jz Not really. Fungus is about as similar to shingles (which is a virus) as horsefeathers are similar to jackalope horns.
@iampatricemeeks9512
3 ай бұрын
@@imakeherskeet-wj8jzfungus mold.
@paulb9769
3 ай бұрын
@@UnclePea Horsefeathers are similar to jackalope horns they have more in common than you think!
Found in hospitals nursing homes urgent care facilities doctors office. Stay healthy
Just know this guys, this fungal infection has existed since as far back as 2016 so don’t think this is a new thing. Ofc, you must be careful! But no need to panic unless you or others are immuno compromised.
@danlowe8684
3 ай бұрын
This fungus has existed for millions of years.
@frefre5999
Ай бұрын
It was discovered in 2009@@danlowe8684
@r.d.9399
Ай бұрын
It was first 2009 in Japan. I work in a hospital in NYS. I've had to clean the rooms numerous times of C Auris patients. To be blunt I don't make enough to risk my life like this. If that Fungus gets into your bloodstream you have a 1 in 3 chance of death.
CDC is now sounding alarms for this as a threat now. Just in time for the elections...
It’s only in hospitals? Or only detected there, I mean are people walking in with symptoms, or are they already there for some other reason?
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
we can not know everything! Be strong and be kind that is all we need
@Yarn_368
3 ай бұрын
Might be like Staph?
@vallee7966
3 ай бұрын
Probably both.
@iampatricemeeks9512
3 ай бұрын
It’s in the hospitals kinda like black mold but it’s called a fungus mold. It’s in the nursing homes as well.
I didn't hear any talk about finding an antifungal solution for infection.
"...came to the US..." 🤬
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
Yes its bad here be strong you can do this
sorry I missed the live, but I know it had to be good!
Stocked to hear what will go into the 65. I’d love something that big
never heard of it, been a nurse over 20 years, wonder since they are tested everyone why happens if you are positive?
The magic ingredient in local sourdough bread.
@DL-xo7fn
4 ай бұрын
what?
@gtron7692
4 ай бұрын
@@DL-xo7fn yeast.....to make bread.
Thank you for all that you do! Its crazy out here ! I have little time to watch anything anymore to many of life problems happening like always but worse its like we are all running around like chickens with there heads cut off! That is a old saying, you know it but the babes do not. You must never give up! You are helping and teaching amazing things and once you learn them you never forget! I see things in rocks I had never would of be-leaved if you had not showed me and its crazy but it is true!!! God is the witness to this truth! I know it and you know it and it will be a light post one day! Well before I write a book. Just want to say, You are working for the man upstairs! Keep up the good works! Much love and peace-out! Dear friend ramons wife lol
@marysmith7596
3 ай бұрын
@marysmith7596 0 seconds PRAYNG FOR ALL IN THIS WICKED WORLD. Please people REPENT, GET SAVED AND LIVE FOR JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS. IF YOU SAVED YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH AND IF YOU NOT SAVED YOU GO TO HELL
First episode of last of us
@marysmith7596
3 ай бұрын
@marysmith7596 0 seconds ago PRAYNG FOR ALL IN THIS WICKED WORLD. Please people REPENT, GET SAVED AND LIVE FOR JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS. IF YOU SAVED YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH AND IF YOU NOT SAVED YOU GO TO HELL
@elliottenglish2388
3 ай бұрын
Well, I'm going to hell. Now shut the hell up, god doesn't exist.@@marysmith7596
There's always something 🤦
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
yes in till this life is over and the new one comes before us Be kind, helpful, and have mercy be good!
Hmm what increased from 2019 to 2022? Visitors across our southern border? What is on going now? We were warned this would happen.
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
you know all this happens for a reason? It will be ok no matter what happens we will be ok we were promised that it will work out in the long run, we are not alone!
@marilynndesilva7620
4 ай бұрын
Not to trivialize the border crisis, but maybe, just maybe, lockdowns and masks and toxic jabs have created a population of sick, vulnerable people.
Yikes.
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
Courage !!! No Yikes!! Live your name
Anybody still listening to the CDC after covid????
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
There is a guy that has daily news on all the sicknesses and fact sheets . He is real good and he has long covert himself.
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
Its called the pandemic is not over
@kurtisengle6256
4 ай бұрын
Yes. People listen to experts. Are you still listening to Donald. I hear he once had a smart relative.
@jpmor7327
4 ай бұрын
@@kurtisengle6256 look at Trumps Kids, and look at Bidens Kids. Which one would you trust??? Also Trump JR is married to your california hero of " democracy" Gavin Newsoms Ex Wife.
@Hexiad
4 ай бұрын
@@kurtisengle6256 Get another jab.
In usa for yrs now.
Over processed foods and over prescription of drugs
Definitely the last of us has warned us
JUST TERRIBLE AND EXTREMELY HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙄
Just before elections 😂
This will be worse than covid, im scared for my mom going through chemo.
@SolidGeddoe
3 ай бұрын
If she has no allergies and other stuff try giving here magnesium and potassium B complex,C and D3 and Zinc as well as probiotics,Soursop tea leaves are also excellent against cancer better and safer than chemo,my aunt recovered from chemo and cancer
@iampatricemeeks9512
3 ай бұрын
Believe w all your heart that your mom has no bad side effects. Speak it into reality.
So, treatment resistant boot rot. Not a huge deal.
@5Gburn
3 ай бұрын
It is if you get it in your lungs.
build that wall
Diabetics are vulnerable.
Fear fear , run for ur lives, cdv said it, must be true 😂
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
yes its all around us but with this covert-19 we should try to protect each other if it could possible help another that is the will of the creator. Love kindness caring for one another even if it takes this life is a noble thing to do. We should be the strong and good different then the rest.
@bakedbeans3181
4 ай бұрын
@@ramonabarca2340 ur sentiment is correct, but belief in this fear mongering is absurd, we ALL need to stop acting like the lion from wizard of oz and be lions through n through
Can AI save us with a new anti fungal medicine?
I remeber when they said that about covid 😂
Trying to kill off the week.
But I got all my boosters....
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
You should be alright!
@marilynndesilva7620
4 ай бұрын
"Not enough. More. You need more." A. Fauci🥸
Election Variant
You can also infect your feet
Ooh, ooh! Yes! This means MORE vaccines, baby!! Give it to me, Pfizer, Moderna, Jansen and Jansen! Vax me hard, please!
@kikacruz4560
4 ай бұрын
Can't wait to meet at the next booster convention. Keep boosting bro
@taylorl7368
4 ай бұрын
@@kikacruz4560 pretty sure the comment was sarcasm
@467076
4 ай бұрын
Pretty sure they were both sarcasm lol
@kurtisengle6256
4 ай бұрын
Dude. Ain't no vaccine for a fungus. That isn't a thing.
😷💉😷💉more mandates! Better start mailing in ballots!
@robinr2740
4 ай бұрын
I'm voting for biden/harris and inslee 10 times, baby! Vax me hard! Mask up, errbodiez!
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
worry will not help anything its going to be what its going to be and in the end every thing will be ok
@marysmith7596
3 ай бұрын
@@ramonabarca2340 @marysmith7596 0 seconds ago PRAYNG FOR ALL IN THIS WICKED WORLD. Please people REPENT, GET SAVED AND LIVE FOR JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS. IF YOU SAVED YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH AND IF YOU NOT SAVED YOU GO TO HELL
THE LAST OF US THE LAST OF US THE LAST OF US THE LAST OF US
@marysmith7596
3 ай бұрын
@marysmith7596 0 seconds ago PRAYNG FOR ALL IN THIS WICKED WORLD. Please people REPENT, GET SAVED AND LIVE FOR JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE LAST DAYS. IF YOU SAVED YOU WILL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH AND IF YOU NOT SAVED YOU GO TO HELL
Ain't open borders grand?
@ramonabarca2340
4 ай бұрын
stop worrying everything will work out no matter what happens!
@AusDenBergen
4 ай бұрын
@ramonabarca2340 sure, sure. Tell that to Jonathan Foster.
@RichardTClark396
4 ай бұрын
Open border will end America.
@user-sz9dj1py4l
3 ай бұрын
build That wall
It must be an election year!
@MrFallior
3 ай бұрын
Please youtube the fungus. They started talking about this for YEARS