Deadly 'Super Bugs' Get More Prevalent ; Drug-Resistant Bacteria Rare Until Recently
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › September 30, 2004
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Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia, and life- threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the country, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors.
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Deadly 'Super Bugs' Get More Prevalent ; Drug-Resistant Bacteria Rare Until Recently
No more, say infectious disease experts, who increasingly are seeing these "super bugs" - strains of Staphylococcus aureus unfazed by the entire penicillin family and other first...
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