A “nightmare bacteria” resistant to antibiotics of last resort has shown up in the United States, and it has health officials worried.
The Washington Post reports that a Pennsylvania woman is carrying a strain of the bacteria, and researchers say it “heralds the emergence of a truly pan-drug resistant bacteria.”
In some instances, superbugs kill as many as 50 percent of infected patients, the report says, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the bacteria among…
A “nightmare bacteria” resistant to antibiotics of last resort has shown up in the United States, and it has health officials worried.
The Washington Post reports that a Pennsylvania woman is carrying a strain of the bacteria, and researchers say it “heralds the emergence of a truly pan-drug resistant bacteria.”
In some instances, superbugs kill as many as 50 percent of infected patients, the report says, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the bacteria among…