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PRO/EDR> Burkholderia cepacia – Venezuela: (AG) nosocomial, infant, water susp, RFI
Hospital-Related Infection -- VenezuelaAn outbreak of [infection with] the bacterium _Burkholderia cepacia_, at Hospital Dr Luis Felipe Guevara Rojas in El Tigre, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela has sickened 22 infants, according to the College of Physicians in the country (computer translated).Pediatric infectious disease physician, Irimar Del Moral, suggests the outbreak is linked to water shortages, which has been going on for 6 months. "The water shortages have worsened in the past 30 days. Read more [...]
