Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Increase Fivefold in Southeastern U.S.

There's worrisome news here in the southeastern US, buried in a journal that is favorite reading only for superbug geeks like me. The rate at which hospitals are recognizing cases of CRE -- the form of antibiotic resistance that is so serious the CDC dubbed it a "nightmare"---rose five times over between 2008 and 2012.