Winter brings flu, summer brings bacterial infections

HCFA wrote:

In the same way that winter is usually known to be the “flu season,” a new study suggests that the dog days of summer may well be the “bacterial infection” season. Scientists have discovered that serious infections caused by gram-negative bacteria can go up as much as 17 percent with every 10 degree increase in seasonal temperature. The findings, which were based on seven years of data from infections in a Baltimore hospital, suggest that the incidence there of some of these illnesses might be up to 46 percent higher in summer than in winter……..

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