The SES-PE (Department of Health of Pernambuco) reported that another patient in the state’s public network was diagnosed with the deadly superfungus Candida auris. The case caused the folder to close the emergency room at Hospital Getúlio Vargas, in Recife, where the 52-year-old man was treated.
According to SES-PE, the patient is isolated at Hospital Miguel Arraes, where he is accompanied by a multidisciplinary team. This is the tenth recorded case of the superfungus in the state.
“Due to the need to control and monitor people who may have come into contact with the patient during the period of hospitalization at Getúlio Vargas, the emergency sector of the health unit is restricted to the admission of new patients, until next Monday. fair (10)”, said the folder in a note.
The secretary informed that it will monitor the overload in the other hospitals of the state network with the closing of the Getúlio Vargas emergency, especially in Recife and in the metropolitan region of the capital.
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Candida auris in Brazil
In Brazil, researchers count at least three outbreaks between 2020 and the beginning of this year. They alert, however, to the underreporting of the disease in the country, in an article published in January in the scientific journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
The registration of new cases in Pernambuco may indicate a new outbreak.
“We have had cases in Recife before, but until we prove that the strain is not the same, we could [pensar em um novo surto]”, says Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira, researcher at the Laboratory of Taxonomy, Biochemistry and Bioprospection of Fungi at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
According to him, Fiocruz is already in contact with the UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco) group, led by Professor Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima Neto, which meets the demands of hospitals.
Along with three other species (one of the same genus, Candida albicans, known to cause genital candidiasis and “thrush”), Candida auris is on the list of fungi that present a risk to public health, according to the WHO (World Health Organization) . Overall mortality ranged from 29% to 53%.
The SES-PE (Department of Health of Pernambuco) reported that another patient in the state’s public network was diagnosed with the deadly superfungus Candida auris. The case caused the folder to close the emergency room at Hospital Getúlio Vargas, in Recife, where the 52-year-old man was treated.
According to SES-PE, the patient is isolated at Hospital Miguel Arraes, where he is accompanied by a multidisciplinary team. This is the tenth recorded case of the superfungus in the state.
“Due to the need to control and monitor people who may have come into contact with the patient during the period of hospitalization at Getúlio Vargas, the emergency sector of the health unit is restricted to the admission of new patients, until next Monday. fair (10)”, said the folder in a note.
The secretary informed that it will monitor the overload in the other hospitals of the state network with the closing of the Getúlio Vargas emergency, especially in Recife and in the metropolitan region of the capital.
read more:
Candida auris in Brazil
In Brazil, researchers count at least three outbreaks between 2020 and the beginning of this year. They alert, however, to the underreporting of the disease in the country, in an article published in January in the scientific journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
The registration of new cases in Pernambuco may indicate a new outbreak.
“We have had cases in Recife before, but until we prove that the strain is not the same, we could [pensar em um novo surto]”, says Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira, researcher at the Laboratory of Taxonomy, Biochemistry and Bioprospection of Fungi at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
According to him, Fiocruz is already in contact with the UFPE (Federal University of Pernambuco) group, led by Professor Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima Neto, which meets the demands of hospitals.
Along with three other species (one of the same genus, Candida albicans, known to cause genital candidiasis and “thrush”), Candida auris is on the list of fungi that present a risk to public health, according to the WHO (World Health Organization) . Overall mortality ranged from 29% to 53%.
