Photos: “Nightmare bacteria” deaths rising dramatically

Posted Mar 06, 2013

“Nightmare bacteria” that have become increasingly resistant to even the strongest antibiotics infected patients in 3.9 percent of all U.S. hospitals in the first half of 2012, including 17.8 percent of specialty hospitals, public health officials said on Tuesday. During the first six months of 2012, nearly 200 hospitals and long-term acute care facilities together treated at least one person who had been infected by the superbug, known as Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Reuters, Wikipedia Commons)

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A lab specimen of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter cloacae, which belongs to a family of infectious bacteria, known as CRE. / Handout
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Colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) with moderately-high magnification of 5000X, depicting a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria.
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This colorized 2005 scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted numerous clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly referred to by the acronym, MRSA; Magnified 2390x.
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This colorized version of PHIL 232 depicts a scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a number of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
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Staphylococcus aureau Magnification 20,000 S. aureus bacteria escaping destruction by human white blood cells.
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Salmonelle (image retravaillŽe provenant initialement de Commons)
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Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture
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A lateral Xray demonstrating prevertebral soft tissue swelling ( marked by the arrow ) as see in a person with a retropharygeal abscess.
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Chest X-ray posteroanterior view showing bilateral pneumonia with caverns and abscesses. 37 year old male.
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Chest X-ray posteroanterior view showing bilateral pneumonia with caverns and abscesses. 37 year old male.
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Abdul Hadi, Afghanistan national police trainee, displays an abscess on his left forearm here, June 26, that was treated by Marine Attack Squadron 214 "Black Sheep", Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary-Brigade Afghanistan flight surgeon, Navy Lt. Kenneth Alea. Alea, a native of Goodlettsville, Tenn., performed medical care on Hadi, a Lashkar Gar, Helmand province, native, during a layover at the squadron's hangar.
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43-year-old Caucasian male with necrotizing fasciitis. Preoperative photograph on the day of admission. Extensive erythema and necrosis of the left leg.
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Photograph showing a case of chlamydial conjunctivitis
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A swollen, pus-filled eye with conjunctivitis.
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A small opening in front of the sternocleidomastoid muscle present since birth, getting infected and discharging pus now and then, responding to antibiotics.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus on Tryptic Soy Agar. Cultivation 24 hours, 37ˇC.
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bacteria in urine.
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Colonies of bacteria growing on agar plate, beta and gamma hemolysis on blood agar (Columbia sheep blood agar), cultivation 48 hours, 37ˇC. Skin flora. Beta-hemolytic streptococci.
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Bacteria growing on agar plate, beta and gamma hemolysis on blood agar (Columbia sheep blood agar), cultivation 48 hours, 37ˇC. Skin flora. Beta-hemolytic streptococci.
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Colonies of Micrococcus luteus on Tryptic Soy Agar. Cultivation 48 hours, 37ˇC.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis onTryptic Soy Agar. Cultivation 24 hours, 37ˇC.
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Staphylococcus aureus colonies on blood agar (CAP agar). Cultivation 48 hours, 37ˇC.
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Colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus (yellow pigment) onTryptic Soy Agar. Cultivation 24 hours, 37ˇC.
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Staphylococcus aureus on Tryptic Soy Agar. Cultivation 24 hours, 37ˇC.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa on cetrimide agar. Cultivation 24 hours, 37ˇC + 24 hours at room temperature.
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Staphylococcus epidermidis onTryptic Soy Agar. Cultivation 24 hours, 37ˇC.
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Description Colorized SEM (scanning electron micrograph) of the foodborne pathogen Salmonella enteritidis. Blue is growth medium. Picture is colored in false colors to illustrate difference. Photo by Jean Guard, ARS.
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