Dr. Zachary Rubin, medical director of clinical epidemiology and infection prevention at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, left, and Dr. Robert Cherry, chief medical and quality officer for UCLA Health System, take questions from the media in Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Los Angeles County health officials say a "superbug" bacterial outbreak at the local hospital doesn't pose any threat to public health. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A patient has sued the maker of a medical scope linked to the outbreak of a superbug at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

The Los Angeles Times reports attorney Pete Kaufman filed suit Monday on behalf of 18-year-old Aaron Young, who remains hospitalized after becoming infected.

The Los Angeles County Superior Court lawsuit claims negligence and fraud by Olympus Corp. of the Americas. The company makes the difficult-to-clean duodenoscope involved in the outbreak of the deadly and antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as CRE.

The hospital has said seven patients were infected with CRE after being examined with the scopes, and infections contributed to deaths of two of those patients. As many as 179 other patients may also have been exposed.

An email seeking comment was sent to Olympus early Thursday.

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