Interesting item in my email...

[Jolly]

This message is being sent via the Louisiana Department of Health Emergency Operations Center’s (LDH EOC) Louisiana Health Alert Network (LA HAN) for LA HAN recipients. This message is from LDH regarding the first cases of Candida auris identified in Louisiana. Please see the message below to share and distribute with relevant stakeholders and partners through your own distribution channels.

First Cases of Candida auris Identified in Louisiana

Key Messages

The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) was recently notified of two epidemiologically linked cases of Candida auris (C. auris ) identified from healthcare facilities in the Greater New Orleans area. These are the first identified cases of C. auris in Louisiana.
C. auris is an urgent public health threat for high risk patients due to the high morbidity and mortality associated with infection, potential for multi-drug resistance, and ability to spread in healthcare settings.
C. auris can be misidentified as a number of different organisms and specific laboratory technology is needed.
Providers should remain vigilant for any increase in infections due to unidentified Candida species in a patient care unit, including from urine specimens.
Please immediately report any suspected or confirmed C. auris cases or outbreaks to the OPH Infectious Disease Epidemiology (IDEpi) clinicians’ hotline: 800-256-2748.

[Mik]

You wonder if we have simply reached that tipping point of too many humans.

[Jolly]

Or too few antibiotics.