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CBS NewsMarch 4, 2015, 5:28 PM
Drug-resistant superbug infects patients at another Los Angeles hospital
At least four cases of a potentially deadly superbug have been identified at another Los Angeles hospital -- the second outbreak reported in the city in recent weeks.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said Wednesday that the patients were infected with the drug-resistant bacteria carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, after undergoing procedures with contaminated medical scopes.
The same type of device, called a duodenoscope, was blamed for infecting at least seven people -- two of whom died -- at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, in an outbreak first reported last month. More than 170 other patients at UCLA may have been exposed...
CBS NewsMarch 4, 2015, 5:28 PM
Drug-resistant superbug infects patients at another Los Angeles hospital
At least four cases of a potentially deadly superbug have been identified at another Los Angeles hospital -- the second outbreak reported in the city in recent weeks.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said Wednesday that the patients were infected with the drug-resistant bacteria carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, after undergoing procedures with contaminated medical scopes.
The same type of device, called a duodenoscope, was blamed for infecting at least seven people -- two of whom died -- at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, in an outbreak first reported last month. More than 170 other patients at UCLA may have been exposed...
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