For the last 10 years, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and elsewhere have, according to news stories, been sounding alarms about the growth of antibiotic resistance, a problem that is particularly prevalent in hospitals, where microbes spread quickly and attack the elderly, people with weak immune systems and other vulnerable patients.
Taking out a child’s tonsils and adenoids, or the adenoids alone, to treat chronic middle-ear trouble offers only short-term and limited relief, says a study out Wednesday.
An emerging strain of community-acquired MRSA underscores the complexity of the public health challenges associated with antibiotic resistance.
The bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis and other serious illnesses are becoming increasingly resistant to penicillin, federal health officials said Thursday.
For the last 10 years, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and elsewhere have, according to news stories, been sounding alarms about the growth of antibiotic resistance, a problem that is particularly prevalent in hospitals, where microbes spread quickly and attack the elderly, people with weak immune systems and other vulnerable patients.
Taking out a child’s tonsils and adenoids, or the adenoids alone, to treat chronic middle-ear trouble offers only short-term and limited relief, says a study out Wednesday.
An emerging strain of community-acquired MRSA underscores the complexity of the public health challenges associated with antibiotic resistance.
The bacteria that cause pneumonia, meningitis and other serious illnesses are becoming increasingly resistant to penicillin, federal health officials said Thursday.