Deadly Bacteria which Resist Strong Drugs are Spreading

Summary
Within the hospitals of the US, doctors have found that a strain of bacteria are resisting even the strongest of antibiotics.  Health officials have warned them that there will only be a limited amount of time before we will be unable to halt the spread of such bacteria. The bacteria is normally found in the gut, but can take on a lethal trait, to resist any antibiotics. It is not known how these bacteria acquire the trait, but the bacteria can leave the gut and enter the bloodstream. When this happens, the patients have shown a death rate of 50%. Disease centers show the of all infections by gut bacteria, this bacteria has risen from 1% in 2001, to 4%. Hospitals are attempting to contain a potential outbreak, by having any victims isolated from other

Relevance
This article is relevant because in class we studied how bacteria cells and how they would become more resistant to antibiotics, as they are used more and more.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/health/deadly-drug-resistant-infections-rise-in-hospitals-report-warns.html?ref=bacteria&_r=0