Superbug MRSA outbreak - 5 infants ill, 1 died
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Superbug MRSA outbreak - 5 infants ill, 1 died

MRSA :: Superbug MRSA outbreak - 5 infants ill, 1 died
Five new-born, premature babies have been found to be carrying a strain of a hospital super bug and one infant has died in the same unit - the neonatal ward at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
The infants have been diagnosed with the bug Panton-Valentine Leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus (PVL positive S aureus).
The toxin, which is different from the MRSA strain identified in Stoke-on-Trent, can be treated with a range of antibiotics, the hospital said.
(Published at www.spiritindia.com on Saturday, December 23, 2006)
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