Many patients and their families have suffered the debilitating effects of antibiotic-resistant infections. Indeed, many patients have lost their lives due to these infections. The compelling and heart-wrenching stories below engender a strong sense of urgency to address drug-resistant infections and the lack of new antibiotic development. If you would like to share your story, please contact Jennifer Morales.
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George Semakula
After six surgeries, a muscle flap, an orthopedic plate and four months of treatment with an experimental antibiotic for a drug-resistant infection in his leg, George Semakula has no sign of infection and is learning to walk on his own again. Read his story.
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Kenna Van Kirk
What initially seemed to be a stomach bug for this 9 year-old turned out to be a MRSA infection that attacked her leg, lungs and heart..
Braxe R.
A seemingly harmless ear infection turns into a life-threatening MRSA scare for a 2 ½ year old boy.
Timothy Mok
A University of Kentucky pharmacy resident student falls sick from E. coli while at his residency rotation in Maryland.
Meredith Littlejohn
A 19-year-old college hopeful and cancer survivor dies from an antibiotic-resistant infection.
Brianna Strand
A woman from Washington with cystic fibrosis suffers years of worsening symptoms stemming from a skin infection.
Mary Millard
After contracting an antibiotic-resistant infection, a woman from North Carolina faces surgery as a final treatment option.
Simon Sparrow
In less than 24 hours, 15-month-old Simon passed away from an undiagnosed MRSA infection.
Roger Poser
A man from Texas undergoes combination antibiotic therapy to combat an extremely antibiotic-resistant strain of Pseudomonas.
Addie Rerecich
A healthy 11-year-old girl from Tucson, Ariz., who spent months in the hospital fighting several antibiotic-resistant infections and needed a lung transplant to save her life.
Josh Nahum
A 27-year-old skydiving instructor in Colorado who died from an antibiotic-resistant Enterobacter aerogenes infection.
Brock Wade
An active, sports-driven 9-year-old boy survives a terrifying invasive infection and pneumonia caused by MRSA.
Rebecca Lohsen
A healthy 17-year old high school honor student and swimmer from Northern New Jersey who died of an MRSA infection.
Bryce Smith
A healthy 14-month old from Santee, California who contracted MRSA and spent many harrowing weeks in the intensive care unit as doctors struggled to save his life.
Joan Corboy
An Illinois woman nearly loses her life while struggling with a recurrent and drug-resistant C. difficile infection.
Kate Wilson
Kate’s parents saved her life by bringing her into the emergency room following a staph infection.
Peggy Lillis
A mom from Brooklyn dies from complications of a condition brought on by antibiotic use.
Marcus Glover
A healthy man is infected with a disruptive digestive bacterium during shoulder surgery.
Tatiana Chiprez Vargas
Just weeks after her wedding, Tatiana Chiprez Vargas began feeling ill and was admitted to the hospital. The doctors then found out she had contracted MRSA.
Catherine Duff
An Indiana woman undergoes fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) to cure her recurring Clostridium difficile infections, saving her life.
Natalie
A North Carolina woman has recurring complications from a chronic MRSA infection.
Tenzin Lobsang Kunor
A college student from Wisconsin is diagnosed with tuberculosis and forced into isolation from his family and friends.
David Ricci
A 19-year-old from the Seattle area battles several NDM-1 positive antibiotic-resistant infections as he recovers from a train accident that cost him his right leg.
Carlos Don
A healthy 12-year old athlete from Southern California who died of pneumonia caused by an MRSA infection.
Tom Dukes
A healthy and active father in Southern California whose life was torn apart by a painful and drug-resistant E. coli infection.
Dee Dee Wallace
A Wisconsin woman nearly loses her leg, and her life, to MRSA.
Ricky Lannetti
A healthy 21-year old football player at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania who contracted MRSA and did not survive the infection.
Caroline Moore
After summiting Mt. Denali in 2013, Caroline Moore contracted a staph infection in her knee during surgery. Four years and eight surgeries later, Caroline is still awaiting a special knee replacement surgery to allow her to return to sports
Nicholas Johnson
A healthy 12-year-old from Texas who nearly died from an MRSA infection.