News outlets everywhere have been talking about candida auris. A superbug that is resistant to current medicine on the market and has caused the death of over 500 people in the past couple of years.
Candida auris is an emerging fungus that presents a serious global health threat. CDC is concerned about
C. auris for three main reasons:
- It is often multidrug-resistant, meaning that it is resistant to multiple antifungal drugs commonly used to treatCandida infections.
- It is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it can be misidentified in labs without specific technology. Misidentification may lead to inappropriate management.
- It has caused outbreaks in healthcare settings. For this reason, it is important to quickly identify C. auris in a hospitalized patient so that healthcare facilities can take special precautions to stop its spread.
Candida auris | Candida auris | Fungal Diseases | CDC
But one company has something to stop it
Antony E. Pfaffle, M.D. Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of CorMedix stated, “Patients at the highest risk of
C. auris infection include those with central venous catheters, have undergone recent surgery, have diabetes, and have used broad-spectrum antibiotics and antifungals2.
C. auris often does not respond to commonly used antifungal drugs, making infections difficult to treat. For this reason, we are pleased to see that taurolidine appears to completely inhibit this deadly pathogen in laboratory studies. The broad spectrum activity underscores the potential utility of taurolidine for development not only as the active ingredient in Neutrolin but also were it to be incorporated into sutures, hydrogels and surgical meshes in indications such as wound closure, burns, and diabetic foot ulcer. We look forward to determining a plan to work with global regulatory agencies to leverage the benefits of taurolidine to help prevent resistant microbial infections.”
CorMedix Inc. Demonstrates Sensitivity of Emerging Global Health Threat Candida auris to Taurolidine | CorMedix | Prevention of cardiac, renal and infectious diseases