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Cases of drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" are rising in the U.S., CDC researchers say (www.cbsnews.com)
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Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.

Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM gene primarily drove the increase, CDC researchers wrote in an article published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Only two antibiotics work against those infections, and the drugs are expensive and must be administered through an IV, researchers said.

Bacteria with the gene were once considered exotic, linked to a small number of patients who received medical care overseas. Though the numbers are still small, the rate of U.S. cases jumped more than fivefold in recent years, the researchers reported.

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[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Every time you don't finish your antibiotics as perscribed, there is a risk of this mutation happening to the bacterial infection in you. And, ironically, the solution is to have the non-resistant bacteria overrun the area with infection, which chokes out the drug resistant bacteria. Unfortunately, that can't be done when a living creature is infected... but that does work with structures.