Infection rates from “nightmare” drug-resistant bacteria have skyrocketed in the United States, scientists warned this week.

Cases of patients infected with the gnarly bacteria rose an alarming 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.

Difficult-to-treat bacteria with the “NDM gene” drove the sharp increase, researchers wrote in the report published Tuesday. 3

Only two antibiotics can treat the type of infection, and the expensive drugs must be administered to patients intravenously, researchers added.

Bacteria with the gene were once considered exotic and typically occurred in a small sample size of patients overseas.

Although the number of cases remains relatively small, infections across the nation h

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