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Superbugs Threaten to Render Antibiotics Useless, Warns WHO

04/07/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

By Richard Alleyne – “The overuse and misuse of antibiotics, which is leading to “unprecedented levels” of resistance, and a lack of development of new drugs means we could see current treatments become useless.

Already 25,000 people die each year from superbugs in Europe and there are a number of bacteria which are now resistant to all drugs.

That figure will increase to ever greater numbers unless new more powerful antibiotics are developed and we stop overusing antibiotics.”  Read more.

 

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