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Casey Finnerty

'We Have a Limited Window of Opportunity': CDC Warns of Resistance 'Nightmare' | Wired ... - 0 views

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microbiology antibiotic resistance

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  • “We have a very serious problem, and we need to sound an alarm.”
  • Healthcare institutions in 42 states have now identified at least one case of CRE. The occurrence of this resistance in the overall family of bacteria has risen at least four-fold over 10 years. In the CDC’s surveillance networks, 4.6 percent of hospitals and 17.8 percent of long-term care facilities diagnosed this bug in the first half of 2012.
  • CRE stands for “carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.” Enterobacteriaceae are a family of more than 70 bacteria which share the characteristic of being gut-dwelling (“entero”)
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  • the CDC reviewed six steps that they first published last year in a CRE Toolkit and want health care facilities to take:
  • But an important point is that none of this is required, and none of this is funded.
  • There are no reimbursements, under Medicare, for infection-control as a hospital task
  • Casey Finnerty on 07 Mar 13
     
    This article does a good job summarizing this week's announcement by the CDC director on the gravity of the CRE problem.
Casey Finnerty

Infections With 'Nightmare Bacteria' Are On The Rise In U.S. Hospitals : Shots - Health... - 1 views

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microbiology antibiotic resistance CRE

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  • carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE
  • "They're basically a triple threat."
  • they are resistant to virtually all antibiotics
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  • Infectious disease specialist Dr. Brad Spellberg, of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, likens the situation to the Titanic's ill-fated voyage. "We're not talking about an iceberg that's down the line," he says. "The ship has hit the iceberg. We're taking on water. We already have people dying. Not only of CRE, but of untreatable CRE."
  • "If CRE spreads out of hospitals and into communities, that's when the ship is totally underwater and we all drown," Spellberg says.
Casey Finnerty

Vital Signs: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae - 1 views

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microbiology antibiotic resistance CRE

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  • Casey Finnerty on 07 Mar 13
     
    This week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report focuses on CRE.
Tyrell Varner

CDC warning of superbug 'nightmare' - Canon City Daily Record - 0 views

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cdc superbug CRE

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      Tyrell Varner on 12 Mar 13
       
      This is pretty much exactly what we covered in lecture. I just wonder how far/severe the outcome will be until harsh regulation takes place?
  • Overuse and improper use of antibiotics over the years, both in the medical community and the livestock industry, has led to an increase in the number of bacteria that are drug-resistant.
  • At least 80 percent of antibiotics used annually in the U.S. are used routinely in livestock to promote growth.
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  • Food and Drug Administration
  • banned only one type of antibiotic in livestock and urged the industry to voluntarily limit antibiotic use to promote growth.
Casey Finnerty

Hospitals Fight To Stop Superbugs' Spread : NPR - 0 views

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microbiology antibiotic resistance CRE

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  • CONAN: Well, is there something that - some things that every hospital or every clinic should be doing in order to minimize the risk? PERENCEVICH: I think one of the most important things they can do is make sure their microbiology lab is able to detect these strains.
Casey Finnerty

A superbug that resisted 26 antibiotics | Minnesota Public Radio News - 0 views

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  • a woman in Nevada who died of an incurable infection, resistant to all 26 antibiotics available in the U.S. to treat infection.
  • as people cross borders and board airplanes, the bacteria spread in the same way that brought CRE to Reno.
  • all hospitals should double down on preventive efforts, including a travel history.
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  • But in this case, there was no effective antibiotic. "And we're going to see more of these, from a drip, drip, drip of cases to a steady drizzle to a rainstorm," predicts Johnson. "It's scary, but it's good to get scared if that motivates action."
  • The action needed is to use antibiotics wisely, in people and in animals, so strains of bacteria don't get a chance to develop resistance, says Johnson. And to continue research into development of new antibiotics.
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