CDC, several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 infections (STEC O157:H7) in 13 states. Seventeen illnesses have been reported from California (3), Connecticut (2), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Michigan (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (2), New York (1), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1), […]
Gram-negative bacilli have been a source of healthcare-associated infections for many years and may be found in patients in virtually all healthcare settings as either infection or colonization. In recent years, multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms have increased in nearly all healthcare settings. Though resistance to any class of antibiotic can occur, it occurs mainly among […]
Tourist seeking treatment in India, Pakistan, and the UK are bringing home a dangerous type of bacterial infection that is resistant to nearly all antibiotics, according to an article released today in The Lancet (www.lancet.com). Doctors have identified 29 patients in the United Kingdom (UK) with this new resistant bacteria. Most of the individuals have […]