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The man infected by Candida Auris, the “killer fungus” incurable by normal antibiotics, has died, hospitalized at the Angelo hospital in Mestre. This was reported by an article in the Corriere del Veneto, in which it is specified that the death, which occurred three days ago, would be related to a mix of pathologies, including Candida Auris. It was the first case of infection in the Veneto, now it is also the first death.
The diagnosis
deepening
Candida Auris, symptoms of drug resistant infection
The man, an over 70, in hospital since the beginning of the month had arrived from Kenya where he was for work and right there he would have contracted the fungus. As the source reports, during his stay in Africa, he suffered from kidney stones and went to a private clinic for treatment.
But his condition continued to worsen, and he was transferred at the request of his family to the Angelo hospital in Mestre, where the doctors, alerted by the patient’s origin, decided to carry out all the necessary tests. His condition upon arrival at the hospital was defined as “very serious” by the USL 3 at the beginning of July. The results of the tests revealed that the 70-year-old had contracted Candida Auris, probably within the Kenyan health facility, where it is likely there were other cases in existence. Despite the infection from Candida Auris, there was hope for a possible improvement. But this did not happen.
Resistant to common antiseptics
As mentioned, this was the first case of infection in the Veneto region. All the necessary checks were immediately taken in the ward and all the precautions were put in place to prevent the spread of the Candida killer.
“It can colonize people’s skin and contaminates surfaces and the environment. It is difficult to eradicate because it is resistant to common antiseptics, in Liguria it took them two years to get rid of it”, explained the director of the hospital when Candida Auris entered the hospital. Microbiology of the Angelo Claudio Scarparo. At the moment, there are no other infections.