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Outbreak Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Linked To Lutheran General Hospital
January 6, 2014 9:42 AM
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (STMW) ? The largest outbreak of a very specific and very dangerous bacteria in the U.S. has been linked to procedures performed at a north suburban hospital last year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has discovered 44 cases of a strain of bacteria called carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, in northeast Illinois, including 38 confirmed cases involving patients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge who underwent an endoscopic procedure of the pancreas or bile ducts between January and September 2013...
Outbreak of 'Nightmare Bacteria' in Illinois Stirs Worry
Enzyme in Germ Breaks Down Antibiotics, Adding to Concerns About Spread of Drug-Resistant Bugs
By
Caroline Porter
connect
Jan. 7, 2014 7:29 p.m. ET
CHICAGO?The largest outbreak to date of one strain of what authorities have called "nightmare bacteria" is adding to concerns about the spread of such drug-resistant bugs.
The outbreak, centered on a hospital in a Chicago suburb, has infected 44 people in Illinois over the past year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The bug, known as carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, bears a rare enzyme that breaks down antibiotics...
