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Outbreak of a Next Generation Germ

By Kerry Grens on Tuesday, February 1, 2005.

The Staphyloccocus bacterium is a nasty little bug.

It can cause skin infection outbreaks that spread quickly.

Traditionally, hospitals have born the brunt of these outbreaks.

But now there’s a new kind of Staph bug that’s working in the community.

NHPR’s Kerry Grens has more on the first outbreak New Hampshire has seen of this next generation germ…

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