What next?
Brace yourselves. The scary antibiotic resistance gene, mcr-1,has been found in the U.S. for the first time, in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman with symptoms of a urinary tract infection.
This gene was first discovered in China last winter, then in the Netherlands and more recently in two Canadian patients. The affected bacteria were found in animals, meat samples and isolates from patients—including bloodstream. The gene confers resistance to colistin, a last-ditch antibiotic rarely used because it is so toxic. The gene has now spread to multiple countries.
http://www.forbes.com/...ective/#1a98eeca6241
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