Other drug resistance bug outbreak in Arkansas Hospital

Other drug resistance bug outbreak in Arkansas Hospital

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All ICU patients at St. Joseph's Mercy Health Center in Hot Springs, Ark., have been isolated and forced to remain in the unit, said Dr. Vineet Chopra, director of the hospital's medicine program and the chair of the infection control committee.

The multi-drug-resistant bacteria known as acinetobacter has affected six critically ill patients so far, four of them in intensive care and the other two in the general medical population, Chopra said.

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Antibiotic companies stopped making new drugs in the late 80's because they thought they had enough. Uh-oh!

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