A Canadian soldier in Afghanistan. Three soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan with a drug-resistant bacteria are being treated in a Quebec City hospital. Photograph by: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters, npFrom The Montreal Gazette:
QUEBEC — Three soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan with a drug-resistant bacteria are being treated in a Quebec City hospital.
The soldiers are in stable condition at L'Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus but they have been isolated to prevent the spread of Acinetobacter Baumannii — a bacteria often found in military field hospitals.
"There is nothing to be worried about and this bacteria does not pose a threat for the population," hospital spokeswoman Genevieve Dupuis said Thursday.
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