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New superbug reaches the U.S.

CDC officials are working with health authorities to identify how the patient may have contracted the bacteria, including reviewing recent hospitalizations and other healthcare exposures


Researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort, according to an article on The Washington Post website.

Researchers worry that its colistin-resistance gene, known as mcr-1, could spread to other bacteria that can already evade other antibiotics.

Colistin is the antibiotic of last resort for particularly dangerous types of superbugs, including CRE, which health officials call a “nightmare bacteria.” 

CDC officials are working with health authorities to identify how the patient may have contracted the bacteria, including reviewing recent hospitalizations and other healthcare exposures.

Read the article.

 



June 7, 2016


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