Infectious Disease
CDC battles drug-resistant germs
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 28th, 2002
The government has issued new guidelines for doctors and hospitals to slow the growth of so-called supergerms -powerful bacteria that develop resistance to overused antibiotics. Avoid infections by limiting the use of catheters, the thin tubes that let fluids pass in and out of the body, and by vaccinating more patients against the flu. Don't overuse antibiotics, particularly vancomycin, a last-resort drug that fights...
An estimated 1 million hospital infections each year and tens of thousands of deaths are blamed on drug-resistant germs.
Among the recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
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