CDC Finds Antibiotic-Resistant “Superbug” Levels Higher-Than-Expected In Several US Cities.

reports that according to health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, surveillance of seven “metropolitan areas found higher-than-expected levels of CRE,” a “relatively new antibiotic-resistant bacteria.” A study published Oct. 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the CDC “conducted active surveillance of CRE in 2012 and 2013 among people living in” the seven cities and found those with higher-than-expected levels included Atlanta, Baltimore and New York City and “lower-than-expected levels were found in Albuquerque, Denver and Portland, Ore., while the Minneapolis rate was what the agency anticipated.” http://consumer.healthday.com/infectious-disease-information-21/antibiotics-news-30/new-antibiotic-resistant-superbug-an-emerging-threat-cdc-says-703876.html