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18 Charleston Patients Tested Positive for 'Nightmare' Bacteria in 2012
Trident Health said none of the 17 patients at their facility died from the deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria. One patient at Roper Hospital tested positive, but chose not to stay in the hospital.
A deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria was found in at least 18 patients in the Charleston area last year.
According to the Post and Courier, more than 17 patients at Trident Health tested positive for the bacteria the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls a "Nightmare."
The CDC says carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae — or CRE — enters the bloodstream and kills up to half the patients it infects. But at Trident, the paper reports, none of those infected died from the bacteria.
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A Trident Health spokesman said none of the patients contracted the bacteria from another Trident patient or from inside the hospitals, but instead, tested positive upon admission.
Roper Hospital reported one case of CRE, but said that the patient chose not to stay at the hospital.
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The Medical University Hospital did not release their data to the newspaper.
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