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Super bugs

I, Science

25 June 2014 

 

The discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming, foretold the problems of antibiotic resistance during his Nobel Prize speech in 1945. Less than a century later, drug-resistant bugs can already be found in every region of the world.

 

According to a recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), this situation will bring disastrous global health consequences unless significant action is taken urgently.

 

In recent years, a growing number of pathogens have stopped responding to the standard antimicrobials that were used to combat them. The WHO report found very high rates of resistance in the bacteria that commonly cause infections in hospitals and in the community [...]

 

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