To understand what allows C. auris to outlast every other fungus on human skin, UCSF researchers compared it directly with Candida albicans, a common yeast that the immune system clears from skin ...
Since its discovery in Japan in 2009, a deadly fungus has emerged in hospitals around the world. The pathogen, known as Candida auris, lives silently on the skin. But it can be deadly if it reaches ...