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Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections

Posted by michael on from the supergerm-kills-25-million dept.

LinuxGeek8 writes "There's a news update on a previous article about the first case of antibiotic resistant staph infections. The woman who has the infection is being kept up to 6 months in an isolation room. She is taking an antibiotic that is working, after many others did not. "In the scheme of public health threats, this has to rank close to the top," David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, said of antibiotic resistance."

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  1. Re:Resistance or Darwinism? by miniver · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Has the bacteria really developed a resistance? Or have all the non-resistive bacteria died off and now only resistive bacteria remain?

    I was going to ask the same thing. Too bad I don't have mod points today.

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  2. Detroit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nuke the site from orbit! It's the only way to be sure !