The antibiotic-resistant strain was found last month in the urine of a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman. Department of Defense researchers determined that she carried a strain of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin
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Colistin is the antibiotic of last resort for particularly dangerous types of superbugs, including a family of bacteria known as CRE, which health officials have dubbed "nightmare bacteria."
This stuff makes for scary headlines but I'm not too worried.
Most of the patients who have this are extremely sick ICU patients who have been in the hospital for extended periods of time. if you spend enough time sick in a hospital, you will eventually catch every bacteria that exists in the hospital.
I don't think this is a concern for healthy(ish) people going about their daily lives.
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Colistin is the antibiotic of last resort for particularly dangerous types of superbugs, including a family of bacteria known as CRE, which health officials have dubbed "nightmare bacteria."
I don't think this is a concern for healthy(ish) people going about their daily lives.
Also a hospital nearby has had some success adding a yogurt pill to a strong antibiotic to treat C-Difficile.
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let this be the end of the world.
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Schools are out for the long weekend...