antibiotic-resistant superbug E.coli confirmed in US

[Daywolf]

"For the first time, researchers have found a person in the United States carrying bacteria resistant to antibiotics of last resort, an alarming development that the top U.S. public health official says could mean "the end of the road" for antibiotics."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ached-the-u-s/

American Society for Microbiology report: http://aac.asm.org/content/early/201....full.pdf+html

CNN as of 5min ago: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/health...re-case-in-us/
"The United States' first known case of a superbug that cannot be killed by any existing antibiotic was announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Defense."

DOD report: http://science.dodlive.mil/2016/05/2...ic-resistance/
"The patient with colistin-resistant E. coli was treated in an outpatient military treatment facility in Pennsylvania. Biologic samples were sent to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for initial testing and then to MRSN for genetic sequencing to identify the mcr-1 gene."

PBS vid with CDC: https://youtu.be/NGe_xnvR4LU