Researchers studying cultures of the fungus Candida auris (C.auris) collected at a Brazil hospital have noted a steep increase in the resistance of the superbug to antifungal drugs used to treat it, Medical News Today reports. The results of the study, published in the Journal of Fungi, suggests that the C. auris outbreaks and increasing resistance to antibiotics may be related to changes in infection control practices during the coronavirus pandemic, including the limited availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as gloves. The most recent C. auris sample collected from a COVID-19 intensive care unit needed an antifungal drug dose that was four to five times larger than the dose used to isolate a sample collected in December 2020.

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