Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States
In at least 37 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, doctors have identified bacteria, including E. coli, that produce Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, or KPC—an enzyme that makes bacteria resistant to most known treatments. It’s much more prevalent in America than bacteria that produce NDM-1, the enzyme that has Indian doctors ”hell scared,” and, according to Alexander Kallen, a medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, the final outcome isn’t much different: superbacteria that are hard to kill.
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