article_snippet: The bacteria can cause infections of the bladder or lungs and can contribute to death in up to half of seriously infected patients.
article_snippet: One patient died, but Cedars-Sinai said the cause was an underlying medical condition  not related to the superbug infection.
article_snippet: Patients infected with The bacteria are typically not symptomatic, but can develop pneumonia, kidney and bladder infections, and bloodstream infections.
article_snippet: There is no effective treatment yet available for the bacteria, which can linger in the body more than a year, and mortality rates hover at 40 to 50 per cent.