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irishspirit
10th October 2010, 14:19
RIO DE JANEIRO - A drug-resistant bacteria has claimed 18 lives in Brazil's capital region this year, local media reported Saturday.

The bacteria - Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC) - is resistant to most of the common antibiotics on the Brazilian market, the report said.

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