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Deadly fungus is sweeping (UK) hospitals, leaked memo shows... horror illness is highly infectious and can lie dormant for years

By GABRIEL MILLARD-CLOTHIER, POLITICAL REPORTER

Published: 01:55 GMT, 9 November 2025 

The secret memo from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warns of ‘significant outbreaks’ of the highly infectious fungus, known as Candidozyma Auris.

Even with worrying ‘under-reporting’ of cases by the NHS, there has been an alarming rise. 

The ‘situational awareness update’ suggests the Health Service is currently underprepared for the potentially lethal disease

Case reporting

All confirmed C. auris specimens should be reported to state and local health departments and CDC at candidaauris@cdc.gov. Laboratories are encouraged to submit C. auris isolates to the Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Lab Network.

Candida auris: Epidemiology Update and a Review of Strategies 

to Prevent Spread

In theory, C. auris could exist at a deeper skin level rather than on the surface of the skin. 

This could explain why individuals colonized with C. auris test negative at one time point but positive at another time point.