Unusual Antibiotic-Resistant Germs: CDC Vital Signs: April 3, 2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Office of Infectious Diseases. ; Centers for Disease Control and Preventioni (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communications.
• Description:
  • Once antibiotic resistance spreads, it is harder to control—like a wildfire. ; • Finding and responding to unusual resistance early, before it becomes common, can help stop its spread and protect people. ; • New or rare types of antibiotic resistance can be easier to contain when found rapidly—like a spark or campfire. ; UNUSUAL ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GERMS ARE: ; • Resistant to all or most antibiotics tested, making them hard to treat, and ; • Uncommon in a geographic area or the US, or ; • Have special genes that allow them to spread their resistance to other germs ; Examples of unusual resistance: Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), Candida auris, and certain types of “nightmare bacteria” such as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). ; vs-0418-antibiotic-resistance-1185px.jpg
• Subjects:
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
  • Cross Infection
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Hospitals
  • Infection Control
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53003/cdc_53003_DS1.jpeg
• File Type:
  [JPEG - 91.03 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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