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Treatment is complicated because many of these patients need to be placed on antibiotics. These drugs may interact with medications the patient is already receiving, and/or cause unpleasant side effects. Infection may cause the patient increased pain, require frequent, uncomfortable dressing changes, necessitate removal/reinsertion of urinary catheters or IV lines, increasing costs and patient suffering. Nosocomial infections can even lead to death!
