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  • This illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control depicts a 3-D computer-generated image of a group of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron micrographic imagery. A potentially deadly "superbug" resistant to antibiotics infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 100 others were exposed at a Southern California hospital through contaminated medical instruments, UCLA reported Wednesday. (Melissa Brower/AP)
    Hospital or equipment makers to blame in ‘superbug’ scare?

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — With an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” outbreak connected to its facility, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center stopped short of pointing a finger at the manufacturer of a medical instrument believed to have spread the deadly...

    • Posted February 20, 2015
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