Greece is second in the EU for fungal infections

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Greece ranks 2nd successful the EU successful the fig of patients infected with the Candida auris fungus, an corruption that tin origin superior unwellness and spread rapidly successful hospitals oregon semipermanent attraction facilities, according to a caller study by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), released connected Thursday.

During an ECDC team visit to Greece successful April 2024, it was recovered that the fungus had spread passim the healthcare system.

Candida auris is often resistant to antifungal drugs and affects severely sick patients. According to the report, Greece has recorded 852 cases successful the past decade, ranking 2nd successful Europe down lone Spain.

Diamantis Plachouras, lawman caput of the ECDC’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections Unit, says that it is scientifically documented that a percent of patients who could person recovered from their hospitalising unwellness did not owed to an corruption caused by this fungus. 

Lida Politi, caput of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital Infections Department astatine the National Public Health Organisation, said that Candida auris is importantly prevalent successful Greek hospitals and poses a hazard to earnestly sick patients. She so supports the mandatory reporting of cases, a determination that could beryllium made by the Health Ministry.

The study states that aboriginal detection and rapid, coordinated transmission power are still possible, and tin forestall further spread; however, organised measures are necessary.