[vetvetdoug]

Genus and species. Antibiotic resistant? The article is useless.

[gas_dr]

This is carbapenem resistent enterbacter (enterobacteraciae). There is a related bug CRAB (carbapenem resistant acenitobacteracea). The latter is a pneumonia that is damn near impossible to treat, when I see this in the ICU I know it is a long haul with a probably fatal outcome

Now for the science -- I have recently learned that not all on the freerepublic care for the science, but rather the emotion. This is a resistant BACTERIA. This is what happens when we overuse antibiotics. A specie eventually emerges that defeats the antibiotic we use. This generally is tha fault of physicians overperscribing, and worse yet, the culture demanding antibiotics for things that do not require antimicrobial therapy.

This is not some butt humping disease like proffered up above, this is a problem based on overuse. This tends to be endemic in long term care facilities and long term vent units.

At the end of the day, the story on this bacteria is create a better mousetrap and you will breed a smarter mouse eventually. This also represents probably the biggest health threat to the human specie. The bugs always win in the end...