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antibiotic resistance

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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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