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The antibiotics-resistant superbug that emerged in South Asia appears to have claimed its first life. According to doctors who treated a man in Belgium, he went to a hospital in Pakistan after a car accident, and there he picked up the bacterial infection. While the man died back in June, his doctors announced today that he carried the superbug.
New Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Found: Should Everybody Panic?
Seeded on Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:22 AM EDT
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Personally, I don't find it that surprising. Doctors prescribe antibiotics for every little scratch and people use antibiotic products at home on everything all the time.
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#1 - Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:23 AM EDTIt is clear result from all that. But it is really bad thing for health care.
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I saw that item too. It seems frightening, potentially. And not just for people who go to third world countries for cheap elective cosmetic surgery (roll eyes upward).
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