via Wired Top Stories by Maryn McKenna on 9/11/12
Infections with multi-drug resistant E. coli ? known by the acronym ESBL for ?extended spectrum beta-lactamase,? indicating resistance to penicillins and cephalosporins ? have been assumed to be a hospital phenomenon. But an analysis by Yohei Doi of the University of Pittsburgh and a multi-national team showed that, out of 291 drug-resistant E. coli infections, 37 percent had been acquired before entering a hospital.
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