A medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed in Texas resulting from alleged hospital negligence. The allegations suggest that a 3 year old girl had a corroded lithium battery stuck in her nose and the hospital failed to take an x-ray of the noseat the initial emergency room visit and also sprayed medicines up the nose that caused the battery to leak acid into the nose. 

Physicians are concerned about a new infection that appears to be drug-resistant. The new infection is called gram-negative bacteria infections such as Acinetobacter baumannii, pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. These are especially difficult to treat since they fight off even the most advanced antibiotics supposedly.