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    University of Hong Kong team finds a drug-resistant superbug can be severe or cause sepsis

    • Last Update: 2022-09-09
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to Hong Kong Sing Tao.
    com, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong analyzed the clinical data of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority over the past 10 years and found that a drug-resistant superbug called CPE, "Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter", was found in local hospitals.
    The infection rate rose from 0.
    01 per 1,000 admissions in 2012 to 1.
    9 per 1,000 admissions in 2018
    .
     
    Patients will develop urethritis and painful urination after infection with CPE, and even severe cases may have sepsis
    .
    The infection channel of CPE has not yet been determined, and CPE is resistant to many antibiotics, and there are few drugs that can be treated
    .
     
    Xu Shiling, an assistant professor at the School of Nursing and School of Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, believes that it is necessary to establish a monitoring system to predict the incidence and other information from big data, and plan a deployment plan
    .
    According to Hong Kong Sing Tao.
    com, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong analyzed the clinical data of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority over the past 10 years and found that a drug-resistant superbug called CPE, "Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacter", was found in local hospitals.
    The infection rate rose from 0.
    01 per 1,000 admissions in 2012 to 1.
    9 per 1,000 admissions in 2018
    .
     
      Patients will develop urethritis and painful urination after infection with CPE, and even severe cases may have sepsis
    .
    The infection channel of CPE has not yet been determined, and CPE is resistant to many antibiotics, and there are few drugs that can be treated
    .
     
      Xu Shiling, an assistant professor at the School of Nursing and School of Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, believes that it is necessary to establish a monitoring system to predict the incidence and other information from big data, and plan a deployment plan
    .
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