Drug-resistant germs a growing threat to Americans

The Center for Disease and Control's (CDC) latest Antimicrobial Resistance Threats Report shows that there is an increase in certain drug-resistant germs across the United States.New CDC report outlines U.S. drug-resistant threatsThe CDC's Antimicrobial Resistance Threats Report groups bacteria and fungi into urgent, serious and concerning threats — with urgent being the most serious and concerning being the least. The current "Urgent Threats" include Candida auris (C. auris), carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.Under "Serious Threats," the CDC lists the following bacteria and fungi — Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), drug-resistant Campylobacter, drug-resistant Candida, drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug-resistant Neisseria meningitidis, drug-resistant Nontyphoidal Salmonella, drug-resistant Salmonella Typhi, drug-resistant Shigella, drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, extended-spe