In fact, transmission of these bacteria person-to-person may be occurring without symptoms, say the researchers, from the Harvard T.H. "A lot of people have done a lot of really good work by focusing on things like outbreaks," Hanage said. First, the researchers found very little evidence of direct transmission between patients who became sick. This was the case in one recent CRE infection in a hospital in Reno, Nevada. Though we may feel at our weakest while staying in a hospital, it is important to speak up if health care providers do not stop and clean their hands.

Source: CNN January 16, 2017 22:52 UTC