Stop the Spread of Superbugs - Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria
For nearly a century, bacteria-fighting drugs known as antibiotics have helped to control and destroy many of the harmful bacteria that can make us sick. But in recent decades, antibiotics have been losing their punch against some types of bacteria. In fact, certain bacteria are now unbeatable with today’s medicines. Sadly, the way we’ve been using antibiotics is helping to create new drug-resistant “superbugs.”
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- SourceUrl: http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/feb2014/feature1
- Syndication ID: 2666
- Language: English
- Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Date Syndication Captured: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 07:53 PM
- Date Syndication Updated: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 at 11:58 AM
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bacteria
antibiotics
drug-resistant
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