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Md. bill seeks data on hospital infections  view story
Monday, March 13, 2006
David Kohn - - Baltimore Sun
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In September 1999, Dr. Neil Novin decided to have his hip replaced so he could keep playing tennis.
Within days of the surgery, his hip was badly infected with nasty, antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as MRSA. Although there is no way to be sure, Novin, a 76-year-old surgeon, is convinced that the source was likely something or someone he'd come in contact with at the hospital.
Since then, Novin, who lives in Pikesville, has had 11 more operations on his hip. He will almost certainly never play tennis again.
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