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The New York Times has an alarming article about the rise of gram-negative bacteria as the cause of a staggering amount of morbidity and mortality among hospital patients. The rogues' gallery of gram-negative "wretched beasties" includes Klebsiella pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae and Helicobacter pylori.
For more on the problem see: "How Can We Stem the Rising Tide of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli?" wherein you'll read: "... we know much less about how best to detect and prevent transmission of multidrug-resistent gram-negative bacilli. These organisms are relative newcomers to the healthcare-associated infections arena ..."
