Wyoming: Rare antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection reported in Cheyenne

Wyoming state health officials are reporting a rare antibiotic-resistant infection in a patient being treated at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC). Testing on the patient from Laramie County reveals the bacterium causing the infection, an enterobacteriaceae, also included a rare antibiotic-resistant gene known as MCR-1. It does not appear the infection was acquired at the hospital. Dr. HooFeng ["]

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