Philly.com Several species of bacteria have been identified in the outbreaks, but all have one thing in common: They are resistant to a class of last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems . Once a microbe has developed resistance to those drugs, about the only ... 更多 »
International Business Times Even though they cause 600 deaths a year in the United States, there are no national reporting requirements for infections caused by carbapenem -resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of different bacteria that cannot be treated with carbapenems , ... 更多 »
Yahoo Health The antibiotic-resistant bacteria, carbapenem -resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), killed two people at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center and infected fi...
Philly.com In the Philadelphia outbreak last year, eight people treated with the scopes were infected with bacteria resistant to a class of last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems . Two died, though the deaths were not clearly caused by the infections, city ... 更多 »
WallStreet OTC Superbugs are scientifically known as CREs, or carbapenem -resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Escherichia coli (E. coli) belongs also to the Enterobacteriaceae family, which is a normal gut bacteria that can mutate and acquire antibiotic-resistance. The most ... 更多 »
Live Science CRE are a type of bacteria that are highly resistant to many antibiotics. They have earned the name "killer bacteria" and "nightmare bacteria" for good reason. The death rate for those infected with CRE, or carbapenem -resistant enterobacteriaceae, is ...
