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"Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria” was aired on October 22, 2013. Frontline investigates the increasing amount of potentially deadly antibiotic resistance bacteria. Answer the questions below. Episode can be viewed at: HYPERLINK "http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hunting-the-nightmare-bacteria/

What is community associated MRSA?
MRSA infections in healthy people who have not been hospitalized or had a medical procedure within the past year.

What introduced Addie’s infection into her body?
Addie often picked at her skin/scabs. They think this is how the infection entered.

What is ECMO?
Stands for: Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation = outside of the body. It acts as a lung/heart to deliver oxygen into the blood when your body is unable to do so for itself.
What did Addie acquire from the ECMO treatment?
Picking at her skin/scabs likely introduced her to Community Acquired MRSA.

What does pan resistant mean?
A bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics.

What is NDM-1?
New Delhi metallo-ß-lactamase-1 is the gene found in some types of bacteria that make the bacteria produce an enzyme that makes antibiotics ineffective. There are no current antibiotics to combat NDM-1 and because drug companies don’t have much incentive ($) to research, no research is being done to combat NDM-1

What do they mean when they refer to NDM-1 as promiscuous?
It is non-specific, will target any bacteria and deactivate any antibiotic.

What is KPC?
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase. It is resistant to Carbpaenems. One of the more dangerous strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. People that are critically ill or who have a weakened immune system are most susceptible.

What is meant by a silent carrier?
A person who shows no symptoms.

What fascinated you the most about this documentary?
Just how prevalent these super bugs really are and that we have the knowledge that they

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