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Isikhunta esingase sibe yingozi, esimelana nezidakamizwa sisabalala ngokushesha kulo lonke elase-United States, kanti iCalifornia ibona amacala esibili amaningi kunoma yisiphi isimo ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
I-CDC imemezele ngoMsombuluko ukuthi isikhunta – sibizwe I-Candida auris noma C. auris – ibisakazeka ngokushesha futhi ngokushesha kusukela yaqala ukutholwa ngo-2016, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lubambe iqhaza. Lesi sikhungo sithe lesi sikhunta “siwusongo oluphuthumayo” ngenxa yokumelana nama-echinocandins, umuthi we-antifungal osetshenziselwa ukukwelapha.
“Ukwanda okusheshayo nokusabalala kwezindawo zamacala kumayelana futhi kugcizelela isidingo sokuqhubeka nokubhekwa, ukunwetshwa kwelebhu, ukuhlolwa kokuxilonga okusheshayo, kanye nokubambelela ekuvimbeleni nasekulawuleni ukutheleleka okuqinisekisiwe,” kusho udokotela wezifo eziwumshayabhuqe we-CDC uDkt. iphepha elishicilelwe kuyi-Annals of Internal Medicine.
Ezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezedlule, iCalifornia ibone izehlakalo zomtholampilo ezingama-359 zesikhunta, okwesibili ngemuva kweNevada engumakhelwane, enamacala angama-384, ngokusho kweCDC. INew York ibone izigameko eziningi zesikhunta selokhu satholwa ngo-2016.
C. auris itholwe emazweni angaphezu kwesigamu.
Ngenkathi i-CDC isho lokho C. auris ngokuvamile akulona usongo kubantu abanempilo, “kungabangela izifo ezinzima ezinamazinga aphezulu okufa.”
Kusabaleleka kakhulu ezikhungweni zezempilo ezinamasu ampofu okulawula ukutheleleka kanye namasu okuvikela, kusho i-CDC.
Selokhu kwatholakala ukhunta, sekube namacala angu-3,270 omtholampilo esewonke. Unyaka ngamunye inani liyenyuka.
I-CDC iphawule ukuthi esinye sezizathu ezingase zenyuke zezibalo zamacala minyaka yonke ukuthi abantu abaningi bayahlolelwa C. auris kunakudala. Isikhunta kungenzeka ukuthi isiqalile ukusabalala ngokushesha ngesikhathi sobhubhane, lapho izikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo zazidonsa kanzima.
