Acinetobacter baumannii: Researchers find evidence pointing to an unexpected source of such bacteria– the hospitalized patients themselves

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hospitals have strict hygiene and sanitation protocols to protect patients from bacteria that rarely sicken healthy people but can be deadly for vulnerable patients already hospitalized with serious illnesses. Nearly 100,000 people die every year in U.S. hospitals of infections they develop after being admitted. But despite intense infection-control efforts, new strains of [...]

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