Patients being killed by superbugs, claims doctor

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT superbugs are killing patients, Dr Robert Cunney of the National Disease Surveillance Centre claimed yesterday.

Patients being killed by superbugs, claims doctor

But, he said, it wouldn't be until next year that the NDSC would begin to have some idea of the incidence and prevalence of methilcillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA in hospitals.

There are various existing strains of MRSA and new ones are emerging, but it is not known how many people have been infected or whether they have recovered.

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