Rates of infection have risen sharply in the US. In 2001 and 2002, around 2 percent of admissions were infected at a specialist army burns unit in Texas. By 2003 the rate had risen to 6 percent, then 12 percent by 2005, a rate consistent with other facilities. So far 27 servicemen have died from the infection.
Tue, Dec 18, 2007 - Page 7 News List
'Superbug' from war has Canada, US, UK worried
TRANSMITTAL Outbreaks have been reported in field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fear is what could happen if it enters civilian hospitals
THE OBSERVER , LONDON
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