during the first 10 months of a recent outbreak in Spain, 41 developed invasive blood infections. Even with treatment, 17 people died, according to a journal article.
There is also the fact that some lab tests will not identify the superbug as the source of an illness, which means that some patients will receive the wrong treatment, increasing the duration of the infection and the chance to transmit the fungus to another person.
Data from the CDC notes patients who spent a long period in a hospital, use a central venous or catheter or other invasive tubes have a higher risk of contracting the superbug.
Drug-Resistant HIV On The Rise
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that resistance to the drugs used to treat HIV is on the rise.
According to the 2017 WHO HIV Drug Resistance report, 6 out of 11 countries surveyed reported that more than 10 percent of people who are “starting antiretroviral therapy had a strain of HIV that was resistant to some of the most widely used HIV medicines.”
“Antimicrobial drug resistance is a growing