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Superbug outbreaks in Ontario hospitals raise worrisome spectre
HELEN BRANSWELL
The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, Dec. 06 2012, 12:44 PM EST
Last updated Thursday, Dec. 06 2012, 1:51 PM EST
Outbreaks in two Toronto-area hospitals of a dangerous new form of superbug has infection-control experts contemplating a worrisome future.
Both outbreaks are now over. Details of the chains of spread and how the hospitals managed to stop them are outlined in two studies just published in medical journals.
But they represent the first reports of hospital outbreaks of bacteria containing the so-called NDM-1 enzyme in Canada. In each case, at least one of the people who carried the bacteria into the hospital seemed to have acquired it in Canada...
Superbug outbreaks in Ontario hospitals raise worrisome spectre
HELEN BRANSWELL
The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, Dec. 06 2012, 12:44 PM EST
Last updated Thursday, Dec. 06 2012, 1:51 PM EST
Outbreaks in two Toronto-area hospitals of a dangerous new form of superbug has infection-control experts contemplating a worrisome future.
Both outbreaks are now over. Details of the chains of spread and how the hospitals managed to stop them are outlined in two studies just published in medical journals.
But they represent the first reports of hospital outbreaks of bacteria containing the so-called NDM-1 enzyme in Canada. In each case, at least one of the people who carried the bacteria into the hospital seemed to have acquired it in Canada...