C. Diff on the Rise in Hospitalized Kids
Med Page Today Infection Control Clostridium difficile infection has risen dramatically among hospitalized children in the U.S., according to a nationally representative study. The number of cases rose 14.9% per year, more than doubling from 3,565 in 1997 to 7,779 in 2006 (P<0.001), Cade M. Nylund, MD, of the Uniformed Services University of the Health [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Death toll of superbug patients at 27
Three more found infected with resistant strain at hospital Kyodo News Sunday Sept 5 Teikyo University Hospital said Friday that since late last year 27 out of 46 patients infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium called Acinetobacter have died, including nine whose deaths are possibly attributable to the superbug that the hospital did not report until [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Acinetobacter Threat
By Bryant Furlow at the Medical Muckraker As I reported today at epiNewswire, a once-rare hospital infection is quickly becoming a major public health challenge in health care and nursing home facilities. Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter infections are deadlier and more readily spread than other hospital infections, contaminating health care workers’ hands and gloves up to four [...]
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