Abstract
In September 2016 a woman in her 70s died in Nevada, USA from an infection with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), which was resistant to all antibiotics available in the States.[1] The woman had apparently returned from an extended trip to India, where she had received treatment for a fractured femur and hip problems, with multiple hospital admissions. The CRE isolated from her wounds in August that year was Klebsiella pneumoniae, which proved resistant to all 26 antibiotics that it was tested against. A specific enzyme, New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, making bacteria resistant to a broad range of antibiotics, was detected in one of her wounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.
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