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  • UK: 2 babies die of Serratia marcescens infection at Stoke hospital

    Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...l-8181948.html


    Two babies die after infection outbreak in Stoke hospital
    Ella Pickover
    Thursday 27 September 2012


    Two premature babies have died after an outbreak of a rare infection in a hospital ward.

    he two infants, who were both born before 28 weeks, died after contracting the infection at University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

    The babies were being treated in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital, in Stoke, in July.

    Five other children were isolated after it was found they were carrying the Serratia marcescens infection...
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