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How 6 Utah cases played into the investigation into eyedrops that blinded people

Pseudomonas joins a growing list of bugs that are getting increasingly difficult to treat.

(Janice Haney Carr | CDC via AP) This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Experts are marveling at how U.S. disease detectives figured out how eyedrops were linked to dozens of infections.

(Janice Haney Carr | CDC via AP) This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Experts are marveling at how U.S. disease detectives figured out how eyedrops were linked to dozens of infections.