Doctors from the University of California in Los Angeles reported that 181 patient medical center Ronald Reagan may have been infected with a "superinfection" resistant to any antibiotics.

Doctors from the University of California in Los Angeles reported that 181 patient medical center Ronald Reagan (UCLA) may have been infected with a "superinfection" resistant to any antibiotics, writes the LA Times.



Experts have discovered that the infection was due to non-sterile medical instruments, and at the moment enterobacteria were responsible for the deaths of two patients. It is known that physicians learned about the contamination at the end of last month, but only this week have started to offer their patients to take additional tests.

At the moment the staff of the UCLA trying to stop the outbreak. Was introduced strict rules disinfection of medical instruments, and all patients with suspected infection based. However, doctors and Federal officials are ready to quickly respond to new outbreaks. < / br>

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According to the Center for control and prevention, USA (CDC), infection with antibiotics because it leads to death of the patient in 40-50% cases.

according to the resource of Popular Science, this is not the first outbreak of diseases caused by "superbugs", and not the last. For many years doctors try to create a new type of antibiotic, not a development of bacteria resistance to its use. < / br>
At the moment, scientists from northeastern University, the US is working taikomochi, drug, proved in the first test its effectiveness in the treatment of infections that do not respond to modern antibiotics.