Deadly Superbug With No Cure Hits U.S.
A deadly superbug resistant to all forms of antibiotics has arrived in the U.S. which researchers say may signal the “end of the road” for all antibiotics in the future. Researchers detected the superbug in a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman who tested positive for carrying the deadly bacteria. Washingtonpost.com reports: Defense Department researchers determined that she carried a strain of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin, according to a study published Thursday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology.