CDC sleuthing helps decipher drug-resistant infection rise

CDC sleuthing helps decipher drug-resistant infection rise

Previous research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that a dangerous variety of bacteria that cause drug-resistant infections, called NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (NDM-CRE), has become much more common in the United States, increasing by 461% from 2019–2023. Now, in a new study presented at ASM Microbe 2026, researchers set out to better understand what was behind this sudden increase, examini…