Healthcare-associated Infections
A new report from CDC updates previous estimates of healthcare-associated infections. In American hospitals alone, healthcare-associated infections account for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths each year. Of these infections:
Vibrio cholerae - Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, curved (vibrio-shaped), rod prokaryote; causes Asiatic cholera.
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