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Investigators find another superbug case in the US
Investigators find another superbug case in the US
There's some moderately good news and bad news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the new superbug that has been generating concern in the United States and elsewhere.First the bad: Another human case of the bug, known as mcr-1, has been found in the United States, bringing the total domestic cases so far to four.The moderately good news: Investigations into two of those cases failed to turn up any evidence the bug spread to contacts of the people who were carrying it.
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CDC: Girl is 4th known superbug case in US
CDC: Girl is 4th known superbug case in US
Health officials have detected a potentially deadly superbug in a fourth US patient, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.In July, scientists identified a strain of Escherichia coli that the antibiotic of last resort cannot treat in a Connecticut pediatric patient.The girl had traveled to the Caribbean and developed fever and bloody diarrhea on June 12, two days before returning to the US.
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CDC identifies 4th superbug case in US patient
CDC identifies 4th superbug case in US patient
Story highlights CDC identifies a fourth US patient, a Connecticut child, with a bacteria resistant to the antibiotic of last resortCDC says it anticipates this bug will be identified with increasing frequency(CNN) Health officials have detected a potentially deadly superbug in a fourth US patient, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.In July, scientists identified a strain of Escherichia coli that the antibiotic of last resort cannot treat in a Connecticut pediatric patient.The girl had traveled to the Caribbean and developed fever and bloody diarrhea on June 12, two days before returning to the US.
additionally modernreaders
CDC confirms fourth U.S. superbug case
CDC confirms fourth U.S. superbug case
ByA new report from the Obama administration details the fourth confirmed discovery of a superbug in recent weeks, or bacteria that has become resistant to all antibiotics, including the so-called "antibiotic of last resort."The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday details on the fourth patient, a young girl who had developed traveler's diarrhea on June 12, two days prior to her return to the United States from the Caribbean.She had then made outpatient visits to a hospital emergency room and a clinic, but wasn't hospitalized for her illness.But in July, scientists were able to conclude that the child was infected by a deadly strain of E. coli that wasn't treatable by the antibiotic of last resort.
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