Superbug in US: Doctors fear it could herald a post-antibiotic era

Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 13:06 UTC

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A superbug resistant to all known medications has been found in the United States for the first time, raising new concern about the dwindling effectiveness of antibiotics, the top US public health official said this week. . The case involved a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania whose urinary tract infection tested positive for a strain of E. coli that is resistant to the antibiotic of last resort for such infections, known as colistin. Read full article

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Brasileiro
The Black Death can not survive in the tropics. This is very dangerous for the world first.
May 29th, 2016 - 03:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
So you think that you will be fine as it will not affect Brasil ?
You really haven't a clue. Tropical countries are riddled with bacteria. Most bacteria do not flourish in the more temperate latitudes so the five eyes win again !
May 30th, 2016 - 05:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
If the doctors had had more will power and refused antibiotics for all those with influenza but were otherwise healthy we wouldn't have this problem.
May 30th, 2016 - 01:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
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Or if governments hadn't allowed farmers to use them indiscriminately on healthy animals in order to allow more intensive agriculture. The other problem is people not finishing the course of treatment, but that's hard to ensure unfortunately.

@1 Brazileiro
According to Wikipedia Bubonic plague is most common in Africa. I'd say it's surviving in the tropics just fine. And we understand how it is spread these days so even without antibiotics we'd be able to contain an outbreak.
May 30th, 2016 - 11:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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