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A Deadly Superbug Appears to Be Invading America's Hospitals
A dangerous type of superbug has more tricks up its sleeves than we may be giving it credit for, a recent study suggests. The researchers found that this class of bacteria, CREs — that's short for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae — has more ways to evade antibiotics than have been currently identified, and that these bugs share their tricks readily across the families of bacteria that make up this grouping...
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Superbugs on the Shore: Bacteria in Estuaries Have Genes for Antibiotic Resistance That Could End Up in Us
An international group of researchers, including Professor Michael Gillings from Macquarie University, have reported that pollution with antibiotics and resistance genes is causing potentially dangerous changes to local bacteria in estuaries. Polluting antibiotic agents in these waterways, they say, help the bacteria to acquire genes that make them less responsive to antibiotics – known as antibiotic resistance genes. These genes could then enter our food chain when we eat aquatic animals from these areas...
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