Wednesday August 11, 2010
Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria
Sarah Boseley
The Guardian
Gene giving high levels of resistance to drugs found in increasingly prevalent intestinal bacteria
International travel and medical tourism have led to the rapid, global spread of drug-resistant bacteria that may presage the end of antibiotics and leave doctors struggling to treat infected patients, scientists warn today.
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