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Doctors Warn of New Drug-Resistant Infections

Karl Truman
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Posted by Karl TrumanFebruary 18, 2009 2:14 PM
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Doctors are concerned that a lesser known class of drug-resistant infections could soon pose a major health threat to hospital patients. Known as "gram-negative" bacteria, infections such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae are especially difficult to treat because of their ability to fight off even the most advanced antibiotics. Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been blamed for the death of a Brazilian beauty queen earlier this year. Read the article in the LA Times

Regretably, after looking at several medical malpractice claims involving infections, a severe infection while at the hospital is generally considered an expected risk, so I have not been able to prove negligence.

Karl Truman

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