No it is not a lack of hygeine. Bacteria is upiquitous. What has happened is these patients have received so much antibiotics that the CREB and CRAB have been selected. We are colonized with bacteria. SO there is isolation once these are diagnosed to prevent transfer from patient to patient with a health care vector, but that is pretty low probability. These are generally bugs that we are colonized with (everyone of us has C. Dif, MRSA, etc. etc) but the chronicall ill eventually have to little of an immune system to deal with this and thus become sick.
No it is not a lack of hygeine. Bacteria is upiquitous.
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Yes, I know that bacteria are ubiquitous. But the article refers to these as enteric bacteria, which are found in the bowels, correct? So with proper hand-washing, especially after bathroom visits, shouldn’t one be unlikely to be infected?