Now we’re talking Infection Control: Police Investigation into Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacterbaumannii Outbreak in Japan

Posted on January 10, 2011. Filed under: Acinetobacter baumannii, Hospital Acquired Infections, infection control, Political Watch, Pulbic Health Issues | Tags: , , , |

Police Investigation into Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacterbaumannii Outbreak in Japan The Metropolitan Police Department has begun investigation on suspicion of manslaughter. So far, 3 cases of in-hospital infection involving malpractice have been accused and convicted in Japan. The authors of this article do not agree with this method but the authors of this blog do !! A [...]

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Death toll of superbug patients at 27

Posted on September 6, 2010. Filed under: Acinetobacter baumannii, Antibiotic resistance, Hospital Acquired Infections, Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Tags: , , , , , |

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 [...]

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