2 Dead, 7 Infected After Exposure To Deadly Superbug At UCLA Medical Center

LOS ANGELES (CBS) -- At least two patients have died and seven more have been infected after being exposed to a drug-resistant superbug bacteria at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center.

More than 100 other patients may have been exposed to the carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, bacteria, according to a hospital statement. Officials say they're trying to notify those people.

There are reports the bacteria can be deadly for as much as 50 percent of patients exposed.

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