This summer a strain of E. coli resistant to two last-resort antibiotics has for the first time been reported in the United States. Fortunately, although the E. coli, in this case, was resistant to carbapenem and colistin, the strain was susceptible to some other antibiotics. And so far there’s no evidence that the bacteria spread from the patient tested.

More reasons to try alternative solutions to treat and prevent UTIs like D-mannose.