Mon, 31 Mar 2008

Running out of treatments: The problem superbugs resistant to everything

Scary stuff ...

Doctors are running out of treatments for today's trauma victims and critically ill patients because of infections due to drug resistant microbes -- even after resorting to using medicines thrown out 20 years ago because of severe side effects, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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