Hospital Treating 5 Babies in Bug Outbreak
Posted on: Friday, 22 December 2006, 21:00 CST
A hospital in England has been treating five premature infants for a bug outbreak that may have contributed to the death of a baby boy.
The babies in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital were all identified as carrying the super-bug, Panton-Valentine Leukocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus, the London Evening Standard said Friday. The bug is treatable with a range of antibiotics, the hospital said.
The baby who died was 27 weeks old and was in poor condition before his death Dec. 11, the hospital said. Tests showed he had a strain of PVL positive S aureus, which officials said may have been a factor in his death.
The five babies being treated were very vulnerable babies, who are very premature, the hospital said, with some having undergone surgery. None the babies had a clinical infection.
The hospital said the infection likely was brought into the hospital from the community.
Source: United Press International
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