{"id":9539,"date":"2018-02-12T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9539"},"modified":"2018-02-12T08:36:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:36:45","slug":"could-a-rare-deadly-superbug-fungus-be-gaining-a-foothold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9539","title":{"rendered":"Could A Rare, Deadly \u2018Superbug\u2019 Fungus Be Gaining A Foothold?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By David Thill, Medill News Service for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>The number of U.S. patients infected with a rare but dangerous fungal \u201csuperbug\u201d called\u00a0Candida auris\u00a0has climbed quickly to 200 as of Dec. 31, according to the\u00a0latest figures\u00a0from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/could-a-rare-deadly-superbug-fungus-be-gaining-a-foothold\/?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=60607428&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--WQJU2u4WQfUD_cEV6kaPGHpJE7XVDR_xQcRJSwcngilEKM98dJzqtSwRqURigfeHV5Nz4UADH3Zi0mjao6lT3PYYCbg&amp;_hsmi=60607428\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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