'Nightmare Bacteria' Defy Even Last-Ditch Drugs

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'Nightmare bacteria,' strains of superbugs resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics, have quadrupled in number in the last decade--and have been found lurking in hospitals in 42 states. NIH epidemiologist Tara Palmore and infectious disease specialist Brad Spellberg discuss how to find and contain these bugs, and a few ways we might outsmart them.

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'Nightmare Bacteria' Defy Even Last-Ditch Drugs

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