On November 2 local time, the Argentine Ministry of Health issued a notice stating that two confirmed cases of infection with "super fungi" (commonly known as Candida auricida, scientifically known as Candida auricida) were found in Buenos Aires, the capital of the country. This

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On November 2 local time, the Argentine Ministry of Health issued a notice stating that two confirmed cases of infection with

On November 2, local time, Argentina's Ministry of Health issued a notice stating that two confirmed cases of infection with the "super fungus" (commonly known as Candida auricus , scientific name Candida auricus ) were found in Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, recently. This is the first time such an infectious disease has been discovered in Argentina.

notice stated that the two infected people were male, ages 72 and 75 years old, respectively. "Super fungi" were found in their body fluids when undergoing surgical operations in two different hospitals in Bucheng City on October 18 and 28. The notice pointed out that the two patients had no history of contact with each other before they were diagnosed, and one of them was a critically ill patient who returned to Argentina from abroad for treatment. Currently, the two are undergoing isolation treatment. The notice emphasized that the "super fungi" infection mortality rate is high, and it is mainly transmitted through contact with contaminated environment or infected people. Diabetic patients, chronic patients and people with low immune function are at high risk of infection. In addition, is a bacterial species with strong survivability and is difficult to kill with general disinfection methods, and broad-spectrum antifungal drugs have little effect on it. The best prevention and control method for is to isolate confirmed cases , block the infection chain, and at the same time, repeatedly disinfect the environment in which the confirmed patients have been exposed. At present, experts from local epidemic prevention agencies in Hebu, Argentina have held an emergency meeting to study and control the possible "super fungi" epidemic.

"super fungi" was first discovered in Japan in 2009. Its infection fatality rate is as high as 60%, and it was included in the list of fungi that poses a serious threat to human health by . In recent years, "super fungi" infection cases have been found in more than 40 countries and regions around the world. Since 2012, such infections have been reported in the United States, Brazil, Chile , Peru and Colombia.

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