Reply #48: And JAMA released results of new CDC study today.

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"This is the first time that we've been able to measure the number of infections," said the study's lead author, Dr. R. Monina Klevens, an epidemiologist with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We were surprised that the rates were so high. It's a call to action."

The study, published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, is the first on such a large scale to analyze the incidence of drug-resistant infections in the community at large, as well as in hospitals, where it has traditionally been studied.'Nationwide epidemic'
"This is way out of control," Farr said. "It's egregious. It's a nationwide epidemic."

Link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.bacteria17oct17,0,2007609.story?coll=bal-artslife-travel