World Health News Live Updates: ‘Nightmare bacteria’ spreads in US. CDC warns that it’s likely many people are unrecognized carriers of the drug-resistant bacteria, which could lead to community spread.
World Health News Live Updates: At a time when the world is battling the comeback of highly infectious Ebola virus, Measles, and other deadly diseases, US has reported a sudden spike in cases associated with drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria”. As per reports by the CDC, the infections rose almost 70% from 2019 to 2023.
Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM gene primarily drove the increase, CDC researchers wrote in an article publishedopens in a new tab or window in Annals of Internal Medicine. Only two antibiotics work against those infections, and the drugs are expensive and must be administered intravenously, researchers said. “The rise of NDMs in the U.S. is a grave danger and very worrisome,” said David Weiss, PhD, an Emory University infectious diseases researcher, in an email.
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