Candida Auris is a fungal yeast that is multi drug resistant and causes serious infections around the world. First identified in Asia in 2009, the initial cases in the U.S. were detected mostly in New Jersey and New York beginning in 2016. Symptoms include fever and chills and low blood pressure.1) Typically, Candida Auris doesn’t pose a high threat to healthy individuals, however for places like assisted living facilities and medical offices that host immunocompromised people, an outbreak could be devastating. Candida Auris has a high mortality rate for infected individuals.