And nearly 40 percent didn't wash their hands between patients. The finding is disturbing because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognizes hand washing as the single most important method in reducing the spread of disease, particularly in a health care setting. These organisms thrive in the ear canal. Exposure may result in the development of sepsis, a blood-poisoning ailment that causes fever, pneumonia and is responsible for most cases of meningitis. This bacteria causes diphtheria, a disease found worldwide in poor urban areas where crowding exists.
Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease.
A species of bacteria that serves as the cause of certain types of pneumonia, otitis media and cerebrospinal meningitis. Prevention is as easy as washing your hands.