Similar to the MRSA bug that led to many worries last year, doctors have been seeing increased cases of a new "superbug" that there are few known medications for.
According to Syracuse-based WYSR-TV, Acinetobacter is a new bacteria that has found in increasing numbers in U.S. hospitals.
The bacteria, which is causing worry because of the lack of antibiotics that are effective against it, grows in liquid and therefore can live in lungs and bodily fluids of those affected and cause infections such as pneumonia.
A new study that will be released in the February 2010 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology described Acinetobacter as “an increasingly important hospital-associated pathogen” that has been seen n increasing numbers in hospitals.
Additionally, it found that the fewer drugs had an effect on curing or mitigating the illness.
“Multidrug resistance among Acinetobacter species continues to rise, and infection with these multidrug-resistant organisms has a profound negative impact on patient outcomes,” it read.
It concluded that increasingly resistant strains of the bug should be considered a “high priority for disease control.”
Because of the lack of working medications against the bacteria, people who find themselves infected with Acinetobacter may need more medications and/or doctor visits than usual. If those costs begin to mount, payday loans may be able to solve the immediate financial issues.
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