ApocaDocs: A new superbug found in Britain is major concern: Government scientists

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Posted Sun Aug 9 2009: from London Daily Telegraph:


	A new superbug found in Britain is major concern: Government scientists http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1249849902 A new superbug that is resistant to all antibiotics has been brought into Britain by patients having surgery abroad, Government scientists said. Doctors are urged to be vigilent for a new bug that has arriving in Britain with patients who have travelled to India and Pakistan for cosmetic surgery or organ transplants and is now circulating here. So far there have been 22 cases in 17 hospitals Britain and the Health Protection Agency has said its emergence here is a 'major concern'... It is of particular concern because it can jump from one strain of bacteria to another meaning it could attach itself to more dangerous infections that can cause severe illnesses and blood poisoning making them almost impossible to treat.

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'Doc Jim says:

That makes us sort of like airplanes for superbugs.