The Killer Bug. / Michael Shnayerson.
by Shnayerson, Michael; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 19Health. Publisher: Fortune, 2002ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | United States. Food and Drug Administration | Antibiotics | Bacteriophages | Death -- Causes | Drug resistance in microorganisms | Hospitals -- Disinfection | Public health | Staphylococcal infections | Staphylococcus aureus | Vaccines | VancomycinDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Bugs like S. aureus roam hospitals freely, spreading by contact on the hands of a doctor or nurse, on a stethoscope or a bed railing. The more resistant they become, the greater the threat." (FORTUNE) This article discusses a staph bacterium which is becoming resistant to antibiotics and is causing thousands of deaths in hospitals.
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Originally Published: The Killer Bug, Sept. 30, 2002; pp. 149+.
"Bugs like S. aureus roam hospitals freely, spreading by contact on the hands of a doctor or nurse, on a stethoscope or a bed railing. The more resistant they become, the greater the threat." (FORTUNE) This article discusses a staph bacterium which is becoming resistant to antibiotics and is causing thousands of deaths in hospitals.
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