The New England Journal of Medicine reported the case of a man whose infection would not respond to even the most potent antibiotic although his germs were killed after his death using a "novel drug combination therapy." CNN said that the incidence of drug-resistant strains of bacteria has more than doubled in New York City’s major hospitals.
A Center for Disease Control specialist said, "Drug-resistant staph infections are not only nationwide but worldwide. Some countries seem to be doing a better job of controlling them in hospitals than we are here in the United States, but they're in every community in the country. I'd love to say we're winning the war, but I don't think I can say that we're winning it."