Monday, February 11, 2008

Deadly new superbug emerges in Minnesota

The nation's first known cases of antibiotic-resistant meningococcal disease surfaced in northwest Minnesota and eastern North Dakota over the past year, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Health authorities on Friday asked doctors in the Fargo-Moorhead area to stop using ciprofloxacin for preventive treatment of people in close...

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