By IDSE News Staff
Dogs may leave more than “pawprints” on our hearts. Scientists at McMaster University and India’s University of Delhi isolated the first live culture of the drug-resistant pathogen Candida auris from the ear canals of stray dogs (J Fungi 2023;9[7]:720; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9070720).
The finding suggests pets could act as reservoirs for superbugs, potentially transmitting infections to humans, they said.
For the study, the researchers tested skin and ear