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Sepsis and pneumonia are tops on HAI list.(hospital-acquired infections)(Infections)
Two common conditions--sepsis and pneumonia--used by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are killing far too many patients, according to a study released in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Each is linked to deadly microbes, such as the bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). "In many cases, these conditions could have been avoided with better infection control in hospitals," maintains Ramanan Laxminarayan, principal investigator for Extending the Cure, a project examining antibiotic resistance based at the Washington, D.C., think tank Resources for the Future.
"Infections that are acquired during the course of a hospital stay cost the U.S. a staggering …
