40% surge in cases of superbug that is harder to tackle than MRSA

Link: Surge in cases of superbug that is harder to tackle than MRSA | the Daily Mail.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, or Steno, thrives in the black 'gunk' that lines shower heads and taps. It kills around 300 Britons a year.

Some strains of the bug are resistant to all available antibiotics, making it harder to treat than the highly-publicised MRSA and C diff infections.

Superbug

Cases of a hospital superbug more difficult to treat than MRSA have soared by 40%

With the number of cases in British hospitals rising by around 40 per cent between 2001 and 2006 to around 1,000 a year, scientists say there is an urgent need to find new ways to combat it.