Fears grow over antibiotic resistance

Fears grow over antibiotic resistance More than 6,000 deaths a year could be caused by a continued fall in the effectiveness of antibiotics in the US, a report in The Lancet says. BBC News

See also:

• Potential burden of antibiotic resistance on surgery and cancer chemotherapy antibiotic prophylaxis in the USA: a literature review and modelling study  Lancet Infectious Diseases
• Antibiotic-resistant bugs may soon make routine operations 'impossible' The Daily Mail