New guidelines on the prevention/control of multi-drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 05:03
in Health & Medicine
Gram-negative bacteria include common types such as E. coli that all of us carry in our bowels. When these bacteria get into other parts of the body they can cause infections, including common infections such as cystitis or urinary tract infections. The bacteria can also be readily spread from person to person. Multi-drug-resistant strains are resistant to most, or all, of the common antibiotics that we use to treat infections. New accredited guidelines on the prevention and control of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have now been released.