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Credit: CWRU CLEVELAND--A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University has discovered a formulation of existing medicines that can significantly reduce the presence of the fungus Candida auris ( C. auris) on skin, controlling its spread and potentially keeping it from forming infections that have a high mortality rate. By using a proprietary formulation of topical medications terbinafine or clotrimazole, researchers prevented the growth and spread of the fungus on the skin of a host; the findings appear in the most recent issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemothera...

APT™ Formulation Combats Multi-Drug Resistant Candida auris: An Emerging Global Healthcare Threat Share Article Candida auris is a multi-drug resistant fungus which can be fatal. There is up to a 55% mortality rate if C. auris enters a patients’ bloodstream. Recent studies conducted at Case Western Reserve University, using highly resistant strains of C. auris provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), have demonstrated that APT™ based antifungal formulations are highly effective in killing this deadly fungus on skin surfaces. The APT™ formulations are the only known effective...