By IDSE News Staff
Researchers have isolated Candida auris from a sandy beach and tidal swamp in a remote coastal wetland ecosystem. This could be the first evidence that the pathogen thrives in a natural environment and is not limited to mammalian hosts (mBio 2021;12(2):e03181-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.03181-20).
Medical mycologist Anuradha Chowdhary, PhD, at the University of Delhi, in India, and her colleagues analyzed 48 samples of soil and water collected from eight sites, including rocky