Source: WGEM
The CDC is issuing a warning about a superbug infection that is impacting people across the country with confirmed cases in Illinois.
It is called Candida auris and it described as a super fungus that is drug-resistant to some medications, and preys on people with weakened immune systems by infecting the bloodstream.
The CDC said it is difficult to identify with standard technology and difficult to treat.
Healthy people usually do not get this infection and symptoms are hard to detect because people with the infection are often already sick in the hospital with another serious illness, according to the CDC.
The Illinois Department of Public Health said more…
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