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December 21, 2012

Hong Kong: Man ill with drug-resistant infection

Via the Hong Kong government website: Man ill with drug-resistant infection.
The Centre for Health Protection is investigating a confirmed case of invasive community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), a drug-resistant bacterium, involving a 49-year-old man living in Wan Chai.   
He was admitted to Queen Mary Hospital on November 25, and was later diagnosed as having pneumonia. He tested positive for CA-MRSA, but is now stable.   
MRSA is a type of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. It is a common infection worldwide.

December 21, 2012 at 10:00 PM in Antibiotic resistance, MRSA, Multidrug resistance |

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