Deadly Bacteria Spreading Through U.S. Hospitals
An AFP newswire article, via PhysOrg.com, reports that:
A lethal bacteria which surfaces in people being treated with antibiotics is spreading in North America and has grown resistant to drugs, according to two studies published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
According to one of the studies, a new, virulent and resistant strain of the bacteria Clostridium difficile broke out in eight US hospital centers between 2000 and 2003.
Provoked by antibiotics inside the intestines of hospital patients, the bacteria showed an ability to mutate and increase its resistance to drugs, the report said.
posted by Fergie @ 12/04/2005 10:29:00 AM
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