- A deadly strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 250 people may not respond to the antibiotics commonly prescribed to treat the foodborne infection, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- In its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published on Thursday, the CDC said that from June 2018 to March 2019, 255 people in 32 states were infected with the strain, with 60 being hospitalized and two dying from the infection
- The CDC called the strain “emerging” and said it hadn’t been detected before 2016. The strain didn’t respond to ciprofloxacin and had “decreased susceptibility” to azithromycin — two antibiotic drugs often prescribed to treat Salmonella infections
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