When Infections Get a Second Life: The Alarming Story of Evolving Bacteria A 63 year old woman visited her hospital for sudden vision loss, only to uncover an unsettling example of how infections can change and adapt within a patient.
According to a recent case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the woman's condition was initially diagnosed as a brain abscess but later revealed an infection in her kidneys.
Further investigation revealed that the bacteria found in her urine samples had undergone significant changes.