澳大利亚墨尔本一老人感染超级病菌 病菌致死率高达50%

　　食品伙伴网讯    据外媒报道，近日墨尔本圣文森特医院（St Vincent's Hospital）发言人确认该医院的老年护理与康复科发现了一例超级病菌（Superbugs）感染病例。

　　据报道，墨尔本圣文森特医院一名81岁的老人斯科特（Renee Scott）被发现携带有一种名为碳青霉烯类耐药肠杆菌（CRE）的新型超级病菌。这是一种在人的肠道或皮肤繁殖的细菌，上皮组织完好时不会发病， 但一旦发生伤口感染，这种细菌的致死率可能高达50%。

　　医院发言人表示，根据他们最新的调查研究，尚未发现斯科特体内的超级病菌和她的病症有关联，而且也不是致病原因，医护人员正在阻止病菌的扩散。

　　部分原文报道如下：

　　St Vincent's Hospital is screening patients for a superbug that can kill up to half the people it infects, after the bacteria was discovered in an elderly patient who had surgery there six months ago.

　　St George's Health Service in Kew - a St Vincent's rehabilitation and aged care facility - is also on alert because the patient, Renee Scott, is now being cared for there in a single room with strict infection control procedures.

　　A St Vincent's spokesperson confirmed the case but would not reveal whether other cases had been found at the hospital since June last year, when it first revealed dozens of its patients had been affected by the bacteria since 2012.

　　原文链接：

　　<http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/new-superbug-case-at-st-vincents-hospital-and-st-georges-health-service-in-kew-20160519-goza9d.html>