The death of a Nevada woman in September was due to a bacterial infection that was resistant to every single antibiotic in the United States. And infection-control experts are alarmed.
“I think this is the harbinger of future badness to come,” James Johnson, M.D., a professor of infectious diseases medicine at the University of Minnesota and a specialist at the Minnesota VA Medical Center, told STAT.
The case, reported in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, highlights the growing concern over the need for antibiotic stewardship to combat drug-resistant superbugs.
