Surge in cases of superbug that is harder to tackle than MRSA - Daily Mail 7th May 2008

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Cases of a hospital superbug more difficult to treat than MRSA have soared by 40 per cent, experts are warning. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, or Steno, thrives in the black 'gunk' that lines shower heads and taps. It kills around 300 Britons a year. Some strains of the bug are resistant to all available antibiotics, making it harder to treat than the highly-publicised MRSA and C diff infections.

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