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Tests found that in five out of six cases, bacteria that causes potentially deadly blood poisoning was identical to bacteria previously found in their noses.
BOSTON, Jan. 3 — Most hospital Staphylococcus aureus infections — best known for causing toxic shock syndrome — are caused when bacteria lodged in the noses of patients spread out of control, according to a study by German scientists reported in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine.Their tests found that in five out of six cases, the bacteria that causes potentially deadly blood poisoning and which killed 82 percent of the hospital patients it infected before the advent of antibiotics, was identical to the bacteria previously found in their noses.The discovery gave doctors a new strategy for attacking the bacteria, which increasingly is becoming resistant to antibiotics.
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