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BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Antibiotic-resistant infections are a growing problem in Southwest Virginia and across the nation. According to the CDC, nearly three million people in the U.S. get ...

Alarmingly, the dominant strain this year is the emm 49.8 gene style, resistant to certain types of antibiotics. The report stated: "Early investigations show that emm 49.8 isolates have a higher ...