Tuesday 6 November 2018

Superbugs as great a threat to health 

Superbugs as great a threat to health Superbugs do as much human damage in Europe as flu, HIVand tuberculosis combined, new data has revealed.

Researchers have found that an estimated 33,000 people died from infections that were resistant to antibiotics in 2015, out of a total of 670,000 cases in Europe.

Previous estimates have put the number of deaths from AMR at around 25,000 a year in Europe. The Daily Telegraph

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