Rare fungal superbug candida auris discovered in Victorian hospital

Patients in two hospitals screened after only second case of resistant fungus to be seen in Australia

Patients in two Victorian hospitals are being screened after a rare fungal superbug was diagnosed in Australia for only the second time.

The state’s deputy chief health officer, Dr Brett Sutton, said the antifungal-resistant candida auris had been diagnosed in a man in his 70s while he was being treated in a Melbourne hospital for a pre-existing condition. It is the first time the bug has been detected outside Western Australia.

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