State of The Globe: Candida auris-A Global Healthcare Threat.

Candida auris (CA) a dreaded, multidrug‐resistant (MDR) pathogen, has emerged as a global threat to health care with a crude in‐hospital case‐fatality rate of 30%–72%.[1] The name “auris” was given because it was first isolated from the ear canal of a hospitalized patient.[2] CA is considered the first example of a new pathogenic fungus emerging from the global warming.[3] The special ability of CA to adapt through the genetic and epigenetic switches first in the environment and then in an avian host is thought to have led to its establishment as a human pathogen.[3] Once established as a pathogen, CA gets easily transmitted among humans, favored by the conditions of high population density, pollution, increased city temperatures, poor hygiene, and frequent international travel.[3]