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A Dangerous Hospital Superbug Is Beating Medicine's Last Line Of Defence
Scientists have found that the last-resort antibiotic colistin is losing effectiveness against the hospital superbug Pseudomonas because a key resistance gene mutates very quickly.
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Alarming New 'Superbug' Gene Found in Animals, People in China
A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A Dangerous Hospital Superbug Is Beating Medicine's Last Line Of Defence
Scientists have found that the last-resort antibiotic colistin is losing effectiveness against the hospital superbug Pseudomonas because a key resistance gene mutates very quickly.
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Alarming New 'Superbug' Gene Found in Animals, People in China
A new gene that makes bacteria highly resistant to a last-resort class of antibiotics has been found in people and pigs in China - including in samples of bacteria with epidemic potential, researchers said on Wednesday.
