Superbug Rates on the Rise
Posted on January 13, 2009
- Hospitalizations for two nasty superbugs are simultaneously rising in many states, researchers say.
One is the potentially dangerous diarrhea bug known as Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. The other is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body, including the skin, the bloodstream, the lungs, and the urinary tract.
