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Theres sobering new way to track the spread of antibiotic-resistant superbakteriy worldwide via the Internet. Was launched on Wednesday Extensions Cure, a research project that examines the problem of growing resistance to antibiotics at the Center for Disease Control dynamics, economic policies Washington nonprofit organization. It is partially funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Site gathers data from various sources, including federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, the European network for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and the Canadian Alliance of antimicrobial resistance. Its aim is a tool for public health scientists, doctors, media and public to track the resistance of pathogens that are a growing problem worldwide. Resistant bacteria are much more difficult to treat, increasing the risk of complications and death and making the cost. With this tool, health authorities, researchers and others can see the progress of resistance to antibiotics in the United States and around the world, said Ramanan Laxminarayan, Director of Extension Cure, in a statement. Inflicting the map geography of resistance, we can better identify areas at risk of outbreaks. Among the trends, the map shows that Western Europe does a better job than the United States of certain resistant microbes. For example, in the United States has one of the highest infection methicillin-resistant staphylococcus gold (MRSA) in the northern hemisphere. Almost 52 percent of Staphylococcus aureus samples in the United States are resistant to methicillin, penicillin and related antibiotics. In comparison, only 1 percent of samples in Sweden, stable. The United States and Ireland have the highest rates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), display shows. South has a higher level of resistance strattera prescription compared with the western or north-eastern U.S., according to the map. .