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Dr. David “Cal” Ham, a CDC medical officer, said Friday that the particular strain of pseudomonus bacteria
involved in all 11 American confirmed cases had metallo-beta lactamase genes.
Often called “VIM” by the epidemiological community, Ham explained that these genes cause the microbes that carry them to excrete enzymes
that destroy carbapenems, a workhorse class of antibiotics with some of the broadest efficacy in medicine.

Infected medical tourists came from seven states:
Arkansas, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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Infectious Disease Ping - Bariatric surgery infections - Mexico

Surgery visitors to Mexico, bring back medication-resistant bacterial infections

[a fool in paradise]

>>The superbug that infected nearly a dozen Americans who recently underwent weight-loss surgery at a Tijuana hospital had a particularly nasty genetic mutation that set off alarm bells

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[BenLurkin]

Yikes!

[Pelham]

"Ham explained that these genes cause the microbes that carry them to excrete enzymes that destroy carbapenems, a workhorse class of antibiotics with some of the broadest efficacy in medicine.

Behold a pale horse, and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hell was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with plague and by the wild beasts of the earth....

[Yaelle]

Really sad. They are doing something to improve their lives, they went where they could afford the surgery, and this happens.

The risk with leaving the USA for medical treatment is that doctors are gods elsewhere. They can’t be sued. It is a protection for our patients here.

[dainbramaged]

Elective surgery in Tijuana? I’ll pass. Make that ANY kind of surgery in TJ.

[Mariner]

Anyone who elects surgery in Tijuana may not be smart enough to live.

Maybe Darwin was right.

[Maris Crane]

Getting medical attention in Mexico is not very bright.

And , hundreds of migrants walking, chain-fashion, through water, as the caravans are doing, goes way beyond stupid. Can anyone imagine what goes on in the water by some people, who do not have hygiene rated very highly in importance... it has to be one of the most dangerous parts of the journey.

[neverevergiveup]

Well, when anyone can buy antibiotics anywhere (as in Mexico) it’s no surprise that resistant strains will develop.

[jonrick46]

Was the pseudomonus bacteria involved in a mutated strain or was it a variation that had metallo-beta lactamase genes which were carried into Mexico from its southern border? That question needs to be answered and not swept under the rug!

[rlmorel]

"...11 Americans who traveled to Tijuana hospitals for weight-loss surgery.."

Words fail me.

[Kickass Conservative]

Nowadays they can put a Balloon in your Stomach under light Anesthesia that accomplishes the same thing as getting your insides cut up with this kind of Surgery.

After you lose the weight, they take out the Balloon. No muss, no fuss.