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<p>April 17, 2015 -- Imagine being sick in the hospital with a <ahref="http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/bacterial-and-viral-infections"onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');"class="">bacterial infection</a> and doctors can't stop it from spreading. This so-called "superbug" scenario is not science fiction. It's an urgent, worldwide worry that is prompting swift action.</p>
<pxmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan">Every year, about 2 million people get sick from a superbug, according to the CDC. About 23,000 die. Earlier this year, an outbreak of CRE (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae) linked to contaminated medical tools sickened 11 people at two Los-Angeles area hospitals. Two people died, and more than 200 others may have been exposed.</p>
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<p>Instead, doctors often use phrases like "multidrug-resistant bacteria." That's because a superbug isn't necessarily resistant to all antibiotics. It refers to bacteria that can't be treated using two or more, says Brian K. Coombes, PhD, of McMaster University in Ontario.</p>
<p>Any species of bacteria can turn into a superbug.</p>
<p>Misusing antibiotics (such as taking them when you don't need them or not finishing all of your medicine) is the "single leading factor" contributing to this problem, the CDC says. The concern is that eventually doctors will run out of antibiotics to treat them.</p>
<p>"What the public should know is that the more antibiotics you’ve taken, the higher your superbug risk," says Eric Biondi, MD, who runs a program to decrease unnecessary antibiotic use. "The more encounters you have with the hospital setting, the higher your superbug risk."</p>
<p>"Superbugs should be a concern to everyone," Coombes says. "Antibiotics are the foundation on which all modern medicine rests. Cancer <ahref="http://www.webmd.com/cancer/chemotherapy-what-to-expect"onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');"class="">chemotherapy</a>, <ahref="http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/organ-donation-facts"onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');"class="">organ transplants</a>, surgeries, and <ahref="http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/delivery-methods"onclick="return sl(this,'','embd-lnk');"class="">childbirth</a> all rely on antibiotics to prevent infections. If you can't treat those, then we lose the medical advances we have made in the last 50 years."</p>
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