Antibiotic-resistant infections have almost DOUBLED in US children in just 10 years, research reveals Highly drug-resistant infections are on the rise among children in the US, a new study warns.
Currently, antibiotics can target and kill Pseidomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria that causes blood infections, pneumonia, and many post-surgery infections - all of them deadly.
But over the last decade, scientists have seen rates of drug resistance almost double in samples of this bacteria collected from children in pediatric wards.
Officials warn the findings should be a red flag that antibiotic resistance could be a not-so-distant reality. The Daily Mail
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