| Deadly, fast-spreading fungal infection reaches Ohio hospital, nursing home patients cleveland.com: Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor of dermatology and pathology, and Thomas McCormick, associate professor of dermatology—both at the School of Medicine—weighed in on the major rise in cases of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungal infection that spreads easily in hospitals and nursing homes, and can lead to death. “In Ohio, even though we don’t have a lot of it now, it could spread very quickly,” Ghannoum said. “It is very difficult to diagnose this organism. It could be there and people won’t even know it.” |
