Wednesday 31 July 2019

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals Superbugs resistant to emergency antibiotics are spreading in hospitals, a Europe-wide study shows.

Drugs called carbapenems are used when an infection cannot be treated with anything else.

The spread of resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was "extremely concerning", researchers from the Sanger Institute said. BBC News

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