Drug-resistant fungi are a threat to modern medicine.

Hindustan Times– April 19, 2019. “To prevent the outbreak of deadly infections such as Candida auris, hospital infection control must be taken seriously. Unlike other fungi that rarely transmit between humans, C. auris can be passed from patient to patient in a hospital. This is because of its unusual ability to last for long periods of time on hospital surfaces, such as bed rails and door handles.”