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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 16:20 UTC

Tag: superbug

  • Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 13:06 UTC

    Superbug in US: Doctors fear it could herald a post-antibiotic era

    The recently discovered antibiotic-resistant gene, known as mcr-1, has also been found in China and Europe.

    A superbug resistant to all known medications has been found in the United States for the first time, raising new concern about the dwindling effectiveness of antibiotics, the top US public health official said this week. . The case involved a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania whose urinary tract infection tested positive for a strain of E. coli that is resistant to the antibiotic of last resort for such infections, known as colistin.

  • Friday, February 20th 2015 - 17:15 UTC

    Drug-resistant 'superbug' scare in Los Angeles following several infections

    The hospital system said it had been sterilizing the scopes according to the manufacturer's standards but was now using a more rigorous process.

    A large Los Angeles public hospital has notified scores of patients they were possibly exposed to a drug-resistant bacteria “superbug” during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two deaths.