Scientists warn over antibiotic-resistant superbug
A hospital superbug which is resistant to most antibiotics has been found at two locations in the West Midlands, a BBC investigation has found.
One elderly woman infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) died in Wolverhampton, and ten patients were found to be carriers in Stoke-on-Trent.
Over the past four years, sixteen people have died in Manchester while infected with the bug.
Experts say while KPC blood infections are rare, they are difficult to treat.
07 Mar 2014
- From the section Birmingham & Black Country