Drug-resistant bacteria are a growing problem at hospitals across the country. The bacteria, such as Staphylococcus and Clostridium difficile, are difficult to prevent and impossible to treat.
“The problem is expanding, and it’s going up and up and up,” explains Dr. Trish Perl of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. “We’re running out of antibiotics to treat, and so the challenge is can we prevent?”
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