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Friday, October 8, 2010

US : Mass. hunting for deadly NDM-1 cousin

Via UPI :

" BOSTON, Oct. 7 : Massachusetts hospitals will be surveyed to find out how many cases of a genetic cousin of a drug-resistant "superbug" are being treated, state officials said.

The survey, conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, will seek to gauge the incidence of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a deadly, drug-resistant bacterium that has been detected in 35 U.S. states, The Boston Globe reported."

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