Dhaka, March 3 -- A hard-to-treat drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris is spreading within intensive care units (ICUs) in Dhaka, according to a study conducted by icddr,b.

The findings show that this so-called "superbug" is not limited to newborn units, but is also affecting other critically ill patients, raising concerns about hospital-acquired infections.

Earlier research had shown the fungus spreading among newborns in intensive care unit (NICU), and the new findings suggest the problem is broader and affects other ICU settings as well.

The study, published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum, was carried out in one public and one private tertiary-level hospital in Dhaka, in collaboration with the Institute of Epidemiology,...