Death from antibiotic-resistant bug won't be the last. Here's why

Pan-resistant bacteria have been recognised in India and they are now being identified in the US

Reports of the death of effective antibiotics are no longer greatly exaggerated. The US Centers for Disease Control has reported that a woman in her 70s has died of overwhelming sepsis caused by a bacterium that was resistant to all available antibiotics.

The patient had acquired the infection as a complication of treatment for a fractured hip she received in India two years previously. So-called “pan-resistant” bacteria have been recognised in India and other parts of the developing world for several years and they are now being identified in the US.

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