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It's an opportunistic pathogen that mainly spreads in hospitals among people who are immunocompromised or otherwise ill. Symptoms vary wildly, because it can in
by Centigonal 2y ago
It's an opportunistic pathogen that mainly spreads in hospitals among people who are immunocompromised or otherwise ill. Symptoms vary wildly, because it can infect different organs and tissues, and can include pneumonia and meningitis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinetobacter_baumannii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinetobacter_baumannii
- Ringz 2y agoWouldn't these restrictions prevent a global pandemic and thus refute the headline?
- candiddevmike 2y agoNo one mentioned pandemic. It's a health threat--if this thing gets into a hospital its very, very hard to get rid of. Most people prefer their hospitals as sterile as possible.
- ignoramous 2y ago> prefer their hospitals as sterile Ah well, except for the sinks, which are breeding ground for superbugs: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10469867/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10469867/ In a hospital setting, superbug x-contamination is often fatal: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-contaminated-hospital-supplies-drug-resistant-bacteria-iv-feeding-bags-5dc8f291795cc705cba91245657bcdc9 https://apnews.com/article/mexico-contaminated-hospital-supp...
- ashoeafoot 2y agoIts also something that can become a damocles swoard. Like its living in your intestines harmlessly, but if you have a ulcer or somebody in your house gets with a cut near your toilet - exitus.
- Ringz 2y agoI have wrongly assumed that a global health threat is equivalent to a pandemic.
- ceejayoz 2y agoA global health threat doesn't have to be a pandemic affecting otherwise healthy people to be a global health threat. In this case, the threat would presumably be that the same bacteria winds up in health care facilities elsewhere.