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(MedPage Today) -- The persistent superbug Acinetobacter baumannii was detectable in nearly half of patient intensive care rooms in a single-hospital study, researchers reported.

A strain of Salmonella that is resistant to antibiotics has spread to England, Wales, France and Denmark, a study has found.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A superbug named C-diff is on the rise, a germ that so ravages some people's intestines that repeated tries of the strongest, most expensive antibiotic can't conquer their disabling diarrhea....

A baby died and three others became ill after a superbug resistant to common antibiotics hit a London hospital, it is revealed.

VIENNA (AP) -- Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug....

Experts warn a new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered UK hospitals.

(McMaster University) A team from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University has revealed that a small chemical, made by the superbug Staphylococcus aureus and its drug-resistant forms, determines this disease's strength and ability to infect.

ATLANTA (AP) -- As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched.

A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets dropped in a corner....