Is Re-emerging Superbug The Next MRSA?

Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 07:49 in Health & Medicine

Physicians are issuing a warning that Clostridium difficile, a virulent strain of an intestinal bacteria, is currently plaguing hospitals and now rivals the superbug Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus as a top disease threat to humans. The little-known bacteria appears to be the next emerging disease threat, killing 1,000s in the United States.

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