The Hospital Authority has stepped up control measures in the fight against deadly superbug Candida auris after a month-long outbreak in Hong Kong hospitals.The multidrug-resistant fungal species has been increasingly prevalent around the world since 2009, with 16 cases recorded in the city in a breakout earlier this summer.The pathogen, which could cause bloodstream infections and even death, has spread to more than 20 countries in Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Australia, with those…
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