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Superbugs

By Joan Earley | March 10, 2013 |

A new “superbug” bacteria Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae or CRE has infected hundreds of people in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.  Persons infected with the CRE bacteria have been found in Oregon, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina Hospitals.  CRE bacteria are able to resist carbapenem antibiotics.  These antibiotics…