{"article":{"id":211822,"heading":"Syringes spreading deadly bacteria in Illinois, Texas, epidemiologists say","author":"Infection Protection","created":"2007-12-20 18:29:37","modified":"2007-12-20 18:29:37","last_modified":"Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:29:37","article":"<br>  <br> The Chicago Tribune is reporting: In an unusual outbreak of a dangerous disease, 21 Chicago-area patients and as many as 20 more in Texas have contracted a bacterial infection from a fluid they were receiving to prevent blood clots in intravenous lines, hospital officials said Tuesday.By Gene Koprowski, Editor-in-Chief\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.care-mates.com\/blog\/?p=37","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"\r\nThe Chicago Tribune is reporting: In an unusual outbreak of a dangerous disease, 21 Chicago-area patients and as many as 20 more in Texas have contracted a bacterial infection from a fluid they were receiving to prevent blood clots in intravenous lines, hospital officials said Tuesday.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/12\/211822.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}