8 die at Japan hospital after infection with drug-resistant bacteria

Eight patients have died after contracting a multidrug-resistant bacterial infection at a hospital in southwestern Japan, where another seven patients have been similarly infected, the hospital said Friday.The Kagoshima University Hospital in the city of Kagoshima asserts the infection did not cause the deaths of four of those eight patients, while admitting the infections could have affected the progression of illnesses in the other four.Of the 15 infected patients, MDR Acinetobacter was detected in five patients hospitalized between April last year and this April, and a bacteria with simi…READ FULL ARTICLE