All posts tagged "superbug"

  • This undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscope, attached to a long tube, not shown. (AP)
    Antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ found again at California hospital

    PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A Pasadena hospital says some patients have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” that’s been linked to a widely used medical scope. Huntington Memorial Hospital said Wednesday that several patients who had procedures...

    • Posted August 19, 2015
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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)
    Second Los Angeles hospital reports ‘superbug’ infections

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” linked to a type of medical scope that’s used on more than a half-million people in the U.S. every year,...

    • Posted March 4, 2015
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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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  • This undated photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscope, attached to a long tube, not shown. (AP)
    ‘Superbug’ outbreak raises questions about medical scope

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A “superbug” outbreak suspected in the deaths of two Los Angeles hospital patients is raising disturbing questions about the design of a hard-to-clean medical instrument used on more than half a million people...

    • Posted February 19, 2015
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  • UCLA Reagan
    ‘Superbug’ outbreak linked to 2 deaths at UCLA hospital; more than 100 maybe exposed

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – More than 100 patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center may have been infected by a potentially deadly “superbug” bacteria, hospital officials said today. Seven UCLA patients have been infected by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, bacteria,...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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