New study shows rise in drug resistance of dangerous infection in US hospitals

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

A new study in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology reports a surge in drug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter, a dangerous type of bacteria that is becoming increasingly common in U.S. hospitals. This study is being posted online today and will appear in the journal's February print edition.

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