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Screening for Source of Superbug |
The parents of 63 babies born at the Norfolk and Norwich University
Hospital neo-natal unit are being contacted to help identify the source
of a bacteria.
Seven babies have so far been infected by an outbreak of
PVL which attacks white blood cells leaving the sufferer unable to
fight infection.
One baby - a boy born prematurely to a couple from Dereham - died after contracting the PVL infection.
Seven sets of parents have still to be contacted.
Read the full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6215301.stm
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 January 2008 )
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