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Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak
Three Infants Dead In Newark Hospital Bacterial Outbreak Two more premature babies in University Hospital Newark's neonatal intensive care unit have died after being infected in a bacterial outbreak last month, New Jersey health officials said. The babies were among four at the state's only public hospital to be infected with Acinetobacter baumanii, bringing the total number of deaths to three. The infants were infected six weeks ago but the health department was not notified until Monday, health officials said. The three infants who died had many health problems due to being born prematurely, and the bacterial infection may n…

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by Cecilia Levine