The superbug CRE has been attributed as a contributing factor in the deaths of two hospital patients at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles. The medical procedure ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, was used on the patients which involves a duodenoscope. Health officials state the instrument is difficult to sanitize and can be a carrier of superbug CRE as well as other bacteria. The ERCP is not the scope used for routine endoscopies or colonoscopies. According to the LA Times, 179 … [Read more...] about Superbug CRE Threatening Patients In LA