A highly infectious new strain of the MRSA superbug that spreads through healthy communities may claim more lives than hospital-acquired infections, according to a leading doctor. The strain produces a potent toxin which causes recurrent boils and abscesses, but if it gets into the bloodstream it can lead to a lethal infection called necrotising pneumonia. Even with the strongest antibiotics, more than 60% of otherwise healthy, young and fit people who contract the infection die.
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Deadly MRSA bug spreads to healthy adults - The Times 28th November 2007
Hospital bugs 'hit communities' - BBC Health News 28th November 2007
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