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The Ultimate Superbug Is Resistant to ALL Antibiotics and Claimed Its First Victim In U.S.

  • January 17, 2017

A superbug resistant to all antibiotics has killed its first American, an elderly woman infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae after a trip to India. She’d been hospitalized in India numerous times for a broken femur, where it’s believed she acquired the virus. Her death highlights the growing concern that antibiotic-resistant pathogens are spreading around the world, Mother Jones reported. While antibiotic overuse in humans is a player in antibiotic resistance, a major cause of...