CLARIFICATION In «New Ways to Squash Superbugs,» Christopher T. Walsh and Michael A. Fischbach write that almost 20 percent of people who contract methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus die from it.
Post-mortem tests on more than 500 babies found high levels of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in babies who died for unexplained reasons, a team from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London said on Friday.