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  • New deadly superbug Steno an ever-increasing threat

    08/15/2009 3:11:43 PM PDT · by neverdem · 7 replies · 662+ views
    news-medical.net ^ | 8. May 2008 | NA
    Scientists in the Britain say hospitals could be facing an increasing threat from yet another deadly bacterial infection with the potential to rapidly develop a resistance to drugs. Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have found the bacteria Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Steno) currently seen in under 1,000 cases, may ultimately prove to be more difficult to treat than superbugs such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). There are currently less than 1,000 reports of Steno blood poisoning in the UK a year - a third of which are fatal; Steno poses a threat to people who are already ill and cases...