Biomedicine

Abstract

Fungal infections are opportunistic infections either superficial or deep. Annual death troll attributed by these infections is over 1.5 million people. Depending on difficulty posed in the management of these fungal infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2022 published a list of 19 priority fungal pathogens that pose the greatest threat to public health categorized into critical, high, and medium priority. Candida auris is a new fungal species, since its identification in 2009, the scientific community has witnessed an exponential emergence of infection episodes and outbreaks in healthcare facilities world-wide. Despite having no evidence of the role of oral cavity or saliva in transmission yet there is definite need for the dental fraternity to know about this infection, C. auris is now the first fungal pathogen categorized as a public health threat by the Centre’s for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Which necessitates to adopt precautionary practices stringently in dental practice.