Microbiology


Are We Approaching the End of Antibiotic Therapy?
The emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom represents a potentially major global health problem, and possibly signals the end of effective antibiotics treatments, according to a new study. More...23 Aug 2010

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