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NIH Takes Extraordinary Steps In Fighting 'Superbug'

from National Public Radio
August 23, 2012

When an outbreak of a highly drug-resistant infection occurred at the National Institutes of Health's research hospital, doctors took extraordinary measures to try to stamp it out. Among them was quickly deciphering the entire genetic code of the bug to try to trace how the germ spread. Audie Cornish talks to Rob Stein.

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  • All Things Considered, August 23, 2012
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