In 2017, health departments working with CDC's Antibiotic Resistance Lab Network found more than 220 instances in the United States of germs carrying 'unusual' antibiotic-resistance genes.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC's own press release and corroborated by multiple independent news outlets (CNN, NBC) citing the same figure and description. [tier=silver indep_score=0.7 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=high]