Georgia Reports 193 Candida Auris Cases in 2026 as U.S. Total Topped 6,300 in 2024
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Updated · FOX 5 Atlanta · Aug 11
Georgia Reports 193 Candida Auris Cases in 2026 as U.S. Total Topped 6,300 in 2024
3 articles · Updated · FOX 5 Atlanta · Aug 11
Summary
Georgia has logged 193 Candida auris cases so far in 2026, putting it among the states with the highest reported totals for the drug-resistant fungus.
C. auris worries health officials because it spreads readily in hospitals and nursing homes, survives on surfaces and equipment, and can resist multiple antifungal drugs.
Patients with long health care stays or invasive devices such as breathing tubes, feeding tubes and central venous catheters face the highest risk, while healthy people generally face much lower risk.
More than 6,300 U.S. clinical cases were reported in 2024, the latest full-year CDC total, underscoring a nationwide rise in a pathogen the agency calls an important antimicrobial-resistance threat.