The latest cases of the superbug CRE, carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae, in Los Angeles is not an isolated outbreak. Further reports continue to reveal superbug CRE outbreaks have occurred at hospitals throughout the country in 2015 and throughout the past two years. CRE has been traced as a contributing factor to the death of two individuals who were treated at UCLA hospital. The individuals underwent a procedure with an ERCP with a duodenoscope. It is speculated CRE was present on the … [Read more...] about Superbug CRE Outbreaks Increase Throughout United States