Experts

Health officials have launched the alarm about a fatal fungus that poses a “serious threat to humanity” and spreads in UK hospitals, where C. Auris fungi can survive on hospitals, as well as on the skin, for a long period of time, and often antiseptic and antifungal drugs.

But if germs enter the body, whether through wounds or through a needle during medical treatment, they can cause a serious infection and threaten life.

According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, the infection can spread to the blood, the brain, the spinal cord, the bones, the abdomen, the ears, the respiratory system, and the jelly system and may lead to death, adding that it is so farewell that the World Health Organization has identified it as one of the 19 deadly mushrooms that pose a “serious threat to humanity.”

Now, new alerts from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) raised the alarm about the high infections caused by FungiIncluding candidiasis fungi, as it reached 2247 reports last year.

The newspaper said that although 637 cases of Candida Oris were recorded in the past decade, nearly 200 cases were discovered last year alone.

It is estimated that the invasive fungal infection causes at least 2.5 million deaths worldwide every year.

According to Professor Andy Burman, head of a science laboratory Fungi The reference at the UK Health Services Authority, the reason for the rise may be an increase in the number of people who suffer from immunodeficiency, as well as the number of people who are under complex surgeries.

He added that “the high rates of infection with the anti -drug Canada bacteria means that we must continue to be vigilant to protect the safety of patients.”

The new killer mushroom C. Auris, which is mainly found in health care institutions, was first recognized in 2009 in the ear of a Japanese patient and since then he was found in more than 40 countries across 6 continents.

The newspaper pointed out that the fungi, which are mainly found in hospitals, on heating devices, windows, drains, and medical equipment such as blood pressure measuring devices – but the infection has become difficult to treat increasingly as soon as they worsen.

People with weak immune system – especially those who have received health care abroad last year, or who spent a lot of time in hospital, or are in intensive care, or were treated with certain antibiotics – are at a much higher risk.

Patients who need medical devices enter their bodies, such as catheters, are also at increased risk.

Mushrooms are spread by contacting contaminated surfaces, or by direct contact with individuals who carry mushrooms on their skin, without infection – known as colonialism.

Experts feel specially concerned that fungi, which reproduce more quickly than humans, have become more resistant to drug treatments.