The discovery of a U.S. patient with a new E. coli strain resistant to colistin, the so-called antibiotic of last resort, has sparked a call for hospitals to intensify hand hygiene and environmental services efforts to prevent the bacteria’s spread.
In April, a woman treated for a urinary tract infection at a Pennsylvania clinic was found to have a new strain of E. coli with the gene MCR-1. Federal health officials reported in May that the 49-year-old woman was the first U.S. patient discovered to have been infected with the new E. coli strain.
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