The Superbug is here

[FREAKgeek]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mutant-superbug-us_us_57474a21e4b055bb11719d35

A mutant strain of E. coli, resistant to even the toughest antibiotics, has been found in the United States, federal health officials said Thursday.

The bacteria, discovered last month in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman with a urinary tract infection, contains a gene known as mcr-1, making it resistant even to colistin, a decades-old antibiotic that has increasingly been used as a treatment of last resort against dangerous superbugs.

The discovery — the first time the strain has been found inside the U.S. — “heralds the emergence of truly pan-drug resistant bacteria,” according to a report released Thursday by Department of Defense researchers. The woman, now recovered, has a military connection, authorities said without elaborating.

The woman hadn’t traveled outside the U.S. in the previous five months, according to the report. Doctors treated the infection using another antibiotic, but said they were alarmed by the discovery of the mcr-1 gene inside the U.S.

“The fear is that this could spread to other bacteria and create the bacterium that would be resistant to everything,” Dr. Beth Bell, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, told ABC News.

“The more we look at drug resistance, the more concerned we are,” Dr. Tom Frieden, CDC director, said Thursday. “The medicine cabinet is empty for some patients. It is the end of the road for antibiotics unless we act urgently.”

At least 2 million people become infected in the U.S. each year with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the CDC. Those infections result in at least 23,000 deaths annually.

The Pennsylvania woman’s case, while not deadly, is the first U.S. discovery in a human of bacteria resistant to colistin, a drug held in reserve to treat serious infections that resist another major class of antibiotics called carbapenems. Bacteria that could resist colistin and carbapenems would be unstoppable, according to The New York Times.  

In a study last year, the CDC warned that drug-resistant infections would continue to rise. And while the medical community has been anticipating the strain’s arrival, the troubling part is that “this case seems completely home-grown,” according to Dr. Nasia Safdar, an associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Multi-drug-resistant bacteria are found elsewhere in the world, frequently in agriculture. This particular colistin-resistant strain, for instance, was first discovered in people and livestock in China in November 2015. Since then, it has turned up in Europe and Canada. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it had detected the bacteria in a single sample of a domestic pig’s intestine.

When it comes to spreading resistant bacteria, “food-producing animals are of particular concern,” the CDC says. “Antibiotics must be used judiciously in humans and animals because both uses contribute to the emergence, persistence, and spread of resistant bacteria.”

The CDC, Defense Department and Pennsylvania Department of Health are working to identify close contacts of the Pennsylvania woman to determine if others have also been exposed to the bacteria. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) said his administration was taking the discovery “very seriously” and promised to “take necessary actions to prevent mcr-1 from becoming a widespread problem with potentially serious consequences.”





The bugs got a workout and they are gonna kick our asses. Where is Marty Champions on this?

[Pray_4_War]

I'm not worried.  I'll probably get TB first from all the illegals flooding in here.

[Mr Anabolic]

 

Zika virus, Ebola, Swine flu, Bird flu, H1N1, flesh eating bacteria, etc. it was all suppose to kill millions.

Give me a break with this bullshit already.  All fear propaganda.  

[_aj_]

Hopefully they just incinerated the woman to deal with the superbug.

[FREAKgeek]

Zika virus, Ebola, Swine flu, Bird flu, H1N1, flesh eating bacteria, etc. it was all suppose to kill millions.

Give me a break with this bullshit already.  All fear propaganda.  

This is just the beginning, my friend. They want you to think that.

[FitnessFrenzy]

tbombz laughs at this new super bug.

[Dave D]

This is just the beginning, my friend. They want you to think that.

I have it on 100% guarantee that everyone on the face of this earth will die. You can bank on it.

[youandme]

So they don't know how she got it? 
Bitch probably is a whore who fucked lots of random dudes in other countries.

[Rambone]

We're all gonna die.

[Mr Anabolic]

This is just the beginning, my friend. They want you to think that.

A financial collapse is MUCH more likely.

[Marty Champions]

12 monkeys

[FitnessFrenzy]

A financial collapse is MUCH more likely.

not really. After the financial crisis, both the european and american banks need to meet higher requriements for how much money they on their accounts for emergencies. Also, the global unemployment rate has also gone down in the last 3 - 5 years.

The stock market bubble from 2014 - 2015 also looks to have been burst and we are looking at more realistic stock market pricing now.

[HTexan]

The government in the US does a lot to make sure these viruses, germs, and bacterium are kept in check.

[_aj_]

The government in the US does a lot to make sure these viruses, germs, and bacterium are kept in check.

  oh brother. You just can't seem to stop gargling the government's balls, can you?

[Taffin]

This is just the beginning, my friend. They want you to think that.

James Cole:     I'm here about some monkeys.

Jeffrey Goines: Monkeys?

James Cole:     Monkeys. Yes. Twelve of them.

[FitnessFrenzy]

[Kwon]

[Mr Anabolic]

not really. After the financial crisis, both the european and american banks need to meet higher requriements for how much money they on their accounts for emergencies. Also, the global unemployment rate has also gone down in the last 3 - 5 years.

The stock market bubble from 2014 - 2015 also looks to have been burst and we are looking at more realistic stock market pricing now.

You believe government numbers are true/real?  - yikes. 

100 million people that are eligible to work are not working... 50 million on EBT cards, without those you would see bread/soup lines stretching for blocks.  We're in a depression that is being papered over.  Computer algos run the entire stock market.  Company earnings are the worst they've ever been, but the media still acts like everything is okay.  When reality finally hits and the media can no longer cover it up, it will hit HARD.   

[ProudVirgin69]

You believe government numbers are true/real?  - yikes. 

100 million people that are eligible to work are not working... 50 million on EBT cards, without those you would see bread/soup lines stretching for blocks.  We're in a depression that is being papered over.  Computer algos run the entire stock market.  Company earnings are the worst they've ever been, but the media still acts like everything is okay.  When reality finally hits and the media can no longer cover it up, it will hit HARD.   

100 million people unemployed?  So you believe 40% of US adults do not have a job?

Cmon, try and think critically before you just toss any old number out there

[HTexan]

oh brother. You just can't seem to stop gargling the government's balls, can you?

Wtf are you taking about you dick- cheese eating nut?

[Yamcha]

[DanielPaul]

wtf

[Parker]

Brain Bug from Starship Troopers.

[Mr Anabolic]

100 million people unemployed?  So you believe 40% of US adults do not have a job?

Cmon, try and think critically before you just toss any old number out there

You're right, sorry, I meant full time workers.  The real unemployment number in the US is 23-25%.

[loco]

The #1 cause of death is living