HOSPITAL SUPERBUG IN WASHINGTON DC IS A CONCERN

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The NIH (National Institutes of Health) Hospitals have reported the seventh case of a patient death from a superbug. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nih-superbug-claims-7th-victim/2012/09/14/09b3742e-fe9b-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_story.html This infectious germ, a highly resistant form of Klebsiella pneumonia, has been an ongoing issue for the NIH hospitals for the past year or two, but they had thought they eradicated it. Now, another case …