Nursing Homes Are A Breeding Ground For Drug Resistant Germs

Nursing Homes Are A Breeding Ground For A Fatal Fungus by Matt Richter and Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.

Hospital Secrecy Masks Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections

Culture Of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks Of Drug-Resistant Infections by Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel.  New York Times.  April 8, 2019. 

Resistant Fungi Posing Threat To Health Care

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning The Globe In A Climate Of Secrecy by Matt Richtel And Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.  April 6, 2019. 

Sewage Could Help Public Health Officials Map Antibiotic Resistance In Cities

Scientists Look For Antibiotic-Resistant Germs In Raw Sewage by Jonathan Lambert.  NPR.  March 27, 2019. 

Confronting Malaria And Resistance To Antimalaria Drugs

Novartis Exec:  We Just Got One Step Closer To Winning The Fight Against Malaria by Vas Narasimhan.  Fortune.  August 24, 2017. 

The Basics Of Antibiotic Resistance

Short Answers To Hard Questions About Antibiotic Resistance by Sabrina Tavernise, Erica Goode and Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  May 27, 2016

Colistin Resistance Found In US; Resistance Can Be Spread Easily Between Bacteria; Fears Of Untreatable Infections

Dangerous New Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Reach U.S. by Melinda Wenner Moyer.  May 27, 2016

Report: Drug-Resistant Infections May Kill Ten Million A Year By 2050

The Plan To Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse by Ed Yong.  The Atlantic.  May 19, 2016

95% Of Adults In India Carry Bacteria Resistant To "Last Resort" Antibiotics; Superbug Problem Spreading Worldwide

India's Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Problem Is Spreading by Beenish Ahmed.  Thinkprogress. October 21, 2015. 

Software Able To Predict Mutations May Provide Tool To Combat MRSA's And Other Superbugs

Can Software Predict The Resistance Of Superbugs To New Drugs?  by Catharine Paddock.   Medical News Today.

Multiple-Drug Resistant Superbugs Threaten India And The World

'Superbugs' Kill India's Babies And Pose An Overseas Threat by Gardiner Harris.  The New York Times.  December 3, 2014.

Scope Of Problem Given First Rigorous Definition: Drug-Resistant Deaths And Infections Tallied

Drug-Resistant Superbugs Multiplying:  CDC Report IDs "Urgent Threats"  by Eryn Brown.  Lost Angeles Times.  September 16, 2013.

(1)  More than ______________ people get antibiotic-resistant infections every year with ___________ dying from their illness.

(2)  When microbes susceptible to drugs die during treatment It can create opportunities for _______________________________.

(3)  According to a study from Tufts University, drug resistance could create ____________ in direct costs and ______________ in lost productivity.

(4)  Among the four core actions recommended by the reports was development of _________________________.

(5)  According to an expert cited in the article most inappropriate prescriptions were dispensed in _____________________.

(6)  The CDC reports highlights the use of antibiotics in livestock to ______________.  The NRDC estimates that _________% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used for animals.

CRE's Present Triple Threat

CDC Sounds Alarm On Deadly, Untreatable Superbugs by Liz Szabo and Peter Eisler.  USA TODAY.  March 5, 2013.

The CRE's are presenting hospitals across the nation with three threats:  (1)  resistance to antibiotics, (2) high mortality rates, and (3) the ability  to spread resistance to other bacteria such as E. coli.