Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Nature, full page: (LINK). Excerpt.]
Nature | News Feature
Antibiotic resistance: The last resort
Health officials are watching in horror as bacteria become resistant to powerful carbapenem antibiotics ? one of the last drugs on the shelf.
Maryn McKenna<SUP>1</SUP>
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24 July 2013
As a rule, high-ranking public-health officials try to avoid apocalyptic descriptors. So it was worrying to hear Thomas Frieden and Sally Davies warn of a coming health ?nightmare? and a ?catastrophic threat? within a few days of each other in March.
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Nature | News Feature
Antibiotic resistance: The last resort
Health officials are watching in horror as bacteria become resistant to powerful carbapenem antibiotics ? one of the last drugs on the shelf.
Maryn McKenna<SUP>1</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
24 July 2013
As a rule, high-ranking public-health officials try to avoid apocalyptic descriptors. So it was worrying to hear Thomas Frieden and Sally Davies warn of a coming health ?nightmare? and a ?catastrophic threat? within a few days of each other in March.
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