drug-resistant bacteria

What is Shigella, the increasingly drug-resistant bacteria the CDC is warning about?

2:55pm March 03, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Shigella causes shigellosis, an inflammatory diarrhea. The extensively drug-resistant strain is relatively uncommon overall, but it's being seen in more cases among adults.

This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using the over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare Artificial Tears, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Manufacturer recalls eye drops after possible link to bacterial infections

10:13am February 03, 2023

by Ayana Archie

EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

A certified nursing assistant wipes Neva Shinkle's face with chlorhexidine, an antimicrobial wash. Shinkle is a patient at Coventry Court Health Center, a nursing home in Anaheim, Calif., that is part of a multicenter research project aimed at stopping th

Hospitals Look To Nursing Homes To Help Stop Drug-Resistant Infections

9:36am April 02, 2019

by Anna Gorman

Hospitals and nursing homes in California and Illinois think that regional cooperation — and a particular soap — could help them all gain the upper hand against deadly superbugs.

The CDC is trying to stop E. coli and other bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics because they can cause a deadly infection.

Federal Efforts To Control Rare And Deadly Bacteria Working

3:29pm April 03, 2018

by Richard Harris

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's efforts to control drug-resistant bacteria finds that the percentage of bacteria carrying this resistance is declining. But it wants more data.