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New superbug is on the rise in our hospitals
WORRY: More patients hit by CRE
By Clodagh Sheehy
Thursday August 18 2011
Four new cases of a hospital superbug, which can cause dangerous infections in vulnerable patients, have been detected here in the past month.
The bug, which is resistant to some antibiotics, can hit the kidneys, wounds and blood of patients.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is to review all critical care units to assess the prevalence of the infection.
The bug CRE (Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae) lives in the bowel and five cases were detected in Irish hospitals earlier this year...
New superbug is on the rise in our hospitals
WORRY: More patients hit by CRE
By Clodagh Sheehy
Thursday August 18 2011
Four new cases of a hospital superbug, which can cause dangerous infections in vulnerable patients, have been detected here in the past month.
The bug, which is resistant to some antibiotics, can hit the kidneys, wounds and blood of patients.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is to review all critical care units to assess the prevalence of the infection.
The bug CRE (Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae) lives in the bowel and five cases were detected in Irish hospitals earlier this year...