(WXYZ) — A Detroit hospital is not admitting any new patients tonight as it fights an outbreak of a drug-resistant germ.
The Select Specialty Hospital- Northwest Detroit is located on the 7th floor of Sinai Grace Hospital but is considered a separate facility.
The state health department says Select Specialty is fighting an outbreak of Candida Auris, a yeast that can cause serious infections and even death.
There have been 7 cases tied to the outbreak, none of them life-threatening.
We're told there is no threat to the general public.
