The researchers believe that sewage from local hospitals was funneled into the bay and deposited the "super bacteria" in these areas. When CRE causes serious infections, they usually come in the form of urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections, wound infections and pneumonia. After all, he noted, if CRE in the water so easily caused infections, "we'd have many CRE infections among Brazilians, and that's not the case." Conducting tests overseen by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the scientists flagged two beaches, Flamengo and Botafogo . Generally, these infections are picked up in hospitals or other health care settings, spread by medical devices, including intravenous tubes, urinary catheters and ventilators.

Source: CNN July 05, 2016 19:30 UTC