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From: Global warming “heating up” the ICU through Candida auris infections: the climate changes theory
Global warming and the climate changes theory for C. auris emergence and spread. Rising ambient temperatures (caused by human activities) might have selected thermotolerant yeasts in wetlands; subsequently, acquiring opportunistic traits, C. auris might have spread through different ecosystems (wetlands, rural, and urban areas) thanks to intermediate avian hosts; following development of resistance and resilience through interspecies transmission, C. auris invades healthcare settings, leading to persistent outbreaks and causing infections in susceptible critically ill patients