‘Antibiotic apocalypse’: doctors sound alarm over drug resistance
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/08/world-faces-antibiotic-apocalypse-says-chief-medical-officer Robin McKie Sunday 8 October 2017 05.59 BST The terrifying prospect that even routine operations will be impossible to perform has been raised by experts alarmed by the rise of drug-resistant genes Scientists attending a recent meeting of the American Society for Microbiology reported they had uncovered a highly disturbing trend. They…