Death ‘not due’ to bug

A LIMERICK man who contracted the hospital superbug, KPC, has died from an unrelated serious illness at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.
Death ‘not due’ to bug
Fri, 08 Apr, 2011 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

The man was admitted to the hospital in December and subsequently contracted KPC (Klebsiella pneumonia carbapanemase) which is virtually resistant to most drugs.

It was the first outbreak of KPC in an Irish hospital.

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