New Superbug Stalks Hospitals

Thousands killed by drug-resistant pathogen

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 18, 2008 7:53 AM CST

(Newser) – A deadly new superbug is stalking the world's hospitals, health experts warned today. The pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is a burgeoning threat and proving extremely difficult to control, with a third of outbreaks resistant to front-line antibiotics, according to a study in the Lancet. Of 24,... Read full story »

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