Tag: WHO global testing

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Widespread antibiotic resistance to bacterial infections confirmed in WHO global testing

  

  WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries. WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among 500 000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 countries.