2nd Patient Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Found In New York

"A second patient carrying the antibiotic-resistant “superbug” has been identified in New York, one month after a woman carrying the gene was discovered in Pennsylvania.

The mcr-1 superbug gene makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics, sparking fears of a possible “end of the road” for the crucial drugs.

Scientists identified the gene in the patient’s sample of E. coli bacteria, a finding published Monday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

The diagnosis follows on from the first discovery that proved the superbug had reached the US, which was found in April but shared in the same microbiology journal in May. In that instance, a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania showed symptoms of a urinary tract infection, but it was later determined that the patient carried a strain of E. coli."

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I'm sure this modern day Typhoid Mary ISN'T AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.

agreed.

1 star and unpinned and reported and quit this dumb site.

"A second patient carrying the antibiotic-resistant “superbug” has been identified in New York, one month after a woman carrying the gene was discovered in Pennsylvania.

The mcr-1 superbug gene makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics, sparking fears of a possible “end of the road” for the crucial drugs.

Scientists identified the gene in the patient’s sample of E. coli bacteria, a finding published Monday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

The diagnosis follows on from the first discovery that proved the superbug had reached the US, which was found in April but shared in the same microbiology journal in May. In that instance, a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania showed symptoms of a urinary tract infection, but it was later determined that the patient carried a strain of E. coli."

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:damnedebola:

agreed.

1 star and unpinned and reported and quit this dumb site.

Oh look, you agreed with.. Yourself.

You're a special kind of retard.

Women going to the Dr and demanding antibiotics every time they get the sniffles is going to bring the end of modern civilization. Not only are they wasting limited medical resources, but they don't take the full prescription (don't believe me? ask your mother for some antibiotics) which only speeds up the evolution of these bugs.