Drug-resistant bacteria in patients' urine or stools raise risk of drug-resistant sepsis

(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) People who have recently been found to have drug-resistant bacteria in their urine or stool samples have a greatly increased risk of developing a bloodstream infection that is also resistant to certain antibiotics, according to a study presented at the 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.