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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.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 6 days ago

Pretty obvious fix here

fire the CDC researchers.

(/s...)

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 8 points 6 days ago

It's a good thing we are getting rid of all this WOKE science in America. Wouldn't want to spend money on combating this BEFORE massive amounts of people die.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago

Yay more stuff to keep me up at night, speaking of which that’s why I am up right now

[–] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Good. At this point let's speed run every end-time scenario just to make this administration and country collapse faster.

[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

The time is coming we need to isolate and sanction the USA in the same way we have Russia. Cut off the internet links with them, ban travel and trade with them. Block as much of their cultural pollution and political cancer as we can. Similar in all the bad ways those two supposed superpowers are have caused more of the worlds problems than anything else.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Well at least we have competent people in charge who always follow the science to do what's best for our citizens