Monday 17 November 2014

Last-line drug resistance poses 'alarming' European health threat

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - More and more infections in Europe are proving able to evade even the most powerful, last-resort antibiotics, posing an alarming threat to patient safety in the region, health officials said on Monday. Releasing annual data on antibiotic resistant superbugs, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said bacterial infections resistant to carbapenems -- a major last-line class of antibiotics used to treat hospital-acquired superbugs -- are ever more common in the European Union. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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