2 Dead, 7 Infected After Exposure To Deadly Superbug At UCLA Medical Center
LOS ANGELES (CBS) -- At least two patients have died and seven more have been infected after being exposed to a drug-resistant superbug bacteria at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
More than 100 other patients may have been exposed to the carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, bacteria, according to a hospital statement. Officials say they're trying to notify those people.
There are reports the bacteria can be deadly for as much as 50 percent of patients exposed.
