Between 2012 and 2014, at least 35 patients at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center fell ill from carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections, according to a Seattle Times report. The ...

Drug-resistant superbugs are sickening American hospital patients at an alarming rate — but the reality of these “nightmare bacteria” infections is even worse than the headlines suggest. Last week, ...

The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report shows that infections caused by multi-drug-resistant ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is spreading awareness to an increase in drug-resistant bacteria in its report, Annals of Internal Medicine. Infections related to the bacteria, called ...

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control, researchers assessed carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) epidemiology across eight United States (US) metropolitan ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...

The prevalence of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, a strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria commonly found in healthcare settings, is making inroads in major cities in the U.S., according to ...

Arizona cases of a serious antibiotic-resistant infection known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, or CRE, have been rising statewide and are at higher-than-normal levels so far in 2025, state ...

CORRECTED September 30, 2025 // An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the two drugs which are effective against NDM-CRE. The article has been updated to state aztreonam-avibactam and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . It’s Friday afternoon when the question comes in: “What antibiotic should I use to treat this patient’s ...