An analysis of data from 300 hospitals nationwide shows a more than 300 percent increase in the proportion of resistant Acinetobacter cases from 1999 to 2006. ETC researchers found that hospitals nationwide are battling a surge of Acinetobacter infections resistant to imipenem, an antibiotic considered the last-line treatment for this dangerous superbug. Acinetobacter often attacks very sick hospital patients and the surge in resistant infections illustrates the growing public health threat posed by antibiotic resistance. You can download a copy of the study at http://extendingthecure.org/publication/increasing-resistance-acinetobac....