Bending the Third Rail
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Pathogens and Soldiers

Saw Iraq for Sale. I highly recommend it. This clip links nicely with the story out of the U.K.
Troops 'spread superbug'
Steven Swinford
WOUNDED troops returning from Iraq have been linked by government scientists to outbreaks of a deadly superbug in National Health Service hospitals.

Injured soldiers flown back to be treated on the NHS have been infected with a rare strain of Acinetobacter baumannii, a superbug resistant to antibiotics.

At one hospital in Birmingham in 2003 the bacteria went on to infect 93 people, 91 of whom were civilians. Thirty-five died, although the hospital has not been able to establish whether the superbug was a contributory factor.
Written at 4:48 PM by Lynne.
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