Hi, Folks -

Details are a bit muddled on this. Natural News (and, I expect, other alternative news sources) are reporting that a particular occurrence of E.coli infection has been found resistant to a "last resort" antibiotic. HOWEVER, the article in The Guardian includes this excerpt (my bolding):

The woman had gone to a military clinic in Pennsylvania in April and was treated for a urinary tract infection. Initial tests found she was infected with E coli bacteria, a common variety of germ seen in the gut that often makes its way to the bladder.

But the tests showed this E coli was resistant to antibiotics commonly used first for such infections. She was successfully treated with another kind of antibiotic.

But while she has recovered, further testing completed in the last week confirmed the E coli was carrying a gene for resistance against the drug colistin.

That's found here:

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/27/us-reports-first-case-of-bacteria-resistant-to-antibiotic-of-last-resort

From the Natural News digest:

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The end of chemical medicine: Superbug discovered in America that resists ALL known antibiotics... blind faith in failed pharma will soon cost you your life

Naturalnews.com/054201_antibiotic_r...

It's always interesting to study how civilizations collapse and eras of seemingly great human ingenuity come crashing to an end. Since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Flemming in 1928, the chemical medicine industry has promised humanity that all our ills will be cured by prescription...

http://www.naturalnews.com/054201_antibiotic_resistant_superbugs_colistin_natural_antibiotics.html

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