CDC: Outbreak bacteria traced to Petland is antibiotic resistant.

CDC: Outbreak bacteria traced to Petland is antibiotic resistant. With the victim count having jumped 40 percent in the past three weeks, the CDC has nothing but bad news to report today on a multi-state 

Campylobacter outbreak traced to Petland puppies — the outbreak strains are antibiotic resistant. Since its initial outbreak announcement on Sept. 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received lab confirmation of 16 more victims across five new states.

 That brings the outbreak totals to 55 people in a dozen states, with a fourth of them requiring hospitalization. No deaths have been reported. “Clinical samples from people and puppies sickened in this outbreak appear to be resistant to commonly recommended, first-line antibiotics. 

This means infections with the outbreak strain may not respond well to oral antibiotics usually prescribed to treat Campylobacter infections,” according to the outbreak update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. continue