Resistance / Stewardship

JANUARY 17, 2017

First U.S. Death From Pan-Resistant Superbug Reported

By Marie Rosenthal, MS

The CDC reported the first death from carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) that was resistant to all antibiotics available in the United States (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2017;66[1]:3).