Story highlights Eighteen people have contracted CRE so far this year at a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina

CRE is highly resistant to many forms of antibiotic treatments, the CDC says

(CNN) The same superbug that contributed to two deaths in Los Angeles has been reported in North Carolina, where one person has died, a spokesman told CNN.

Eighteen people have contracted carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE , so far this year, said Kevin McCarthy, spokesman with the Carolinas HealthCare System.

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Of those, 15 had CRE upon admission to the hospital in Charlotte; three acquired it in the hospital, and one died, the spokesman said. The cause of death was not immediately clear.

McCarthy declined to provide details on any of the patients. It was also not clear how any of them became infected.

In Los Angeles, seven patients contracted CRE after routine endoscopic procedures.

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