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Woman Killed by a Superbug Resistant to Every Available Antibiotic

posted by on Sunday January 15 2017, @01:53AM   
from the bleach-doesn't-count dept.

AnonTechie writes:

If it sometimes seems like the idea of antibiotic resistance, though unsettling, is more theoretical than real, please read on.

Public health officials from Nevada are reporting on a case of a woman who died in Reno in September from an incurable infection. Testing showed the superbug that had spread throughout her system could fend off 26 different antibiotics.

"It was tested against everything that's available in the United States ... and was not effective," said Dr. Alexander Kallen, a medical officer in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's division of health care quality promotion. Although this isn't the first time someone in the US has been infected with pan-resistant bacteria, at this point, it is not common. It is, however, alarming.

[Source]: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/woman-killed-by-a-superbug-resistant-to-every-available-antibiotic/

[Journal Ref.]: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6601a7.htm

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• Re:Moral of the Story Re:Moral of the Story (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 15 2017, @09:40AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 15 2017, @09:40AM (#454045)

  Actually, India killed Steve Jobs by making him a hippie who thought he could cure cancer with fruits and enemas.

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• Re:Moral of the Story (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 15 2017, @07:46PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 15 2017, @07:46PM (#454147)

  Fucking capitalist hippie piece of shit. He deserved to die.

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