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The end of modern medicine as we know it ?
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T.K. RandallMarch 18, 2012 ·
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The World Health Organisation has claimed that antibiotic resistant bacteria could cause a global crisis.
The warning centers around concerns that bacteria could soon become so resistant to antibiotics that routine operations would be impossible and even a simple scratch could prove fatal. The problem is being blamed on misuse of antibiotics and a lack of research in to new types of antimicrobials. "Things as common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill," said General Director of WHO Margaret Chan.
"Replacement treatments are more costly, more toxic, need much longer durations of treatment, and may require treatment in intensive care units." The organisation has urged governments to support research in to new antimicrobial treatments.
Margaret Chan, director general of the WHO, warned that bacteria were starting to become so resistant to common antibiotics that it could bring about “the end of modern medicine as we know it. ”
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Telegraph |
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