In the News: Max Brito, MPH ’10
Max Brito, MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics '10 and associate professor of infectious disease at the UIC College of Medicine, was featured in the Chicago Tribune analyzing the risks posed by Candida auris, a deadly fungus outbreak that is spreading in Chicago-area health facilities.
“It’s a combination of factors that makes you more prone to get a bug like this,” he said. “It’s a concern for people with a chronic disease or a weakened immune system.”
One theory, he said, is that common use of antifungals in the agriculture industry may contribute to the development of fungus that resists treatment.