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The threat of antibiotic resistance

Euro News 11/15/11

Retired teacher Lill-Karin Skaret counts herself lucky, after having a close call with a bacterium resistant to many antibiotics.

Antibiotic Resistance May Stem From Overprescribing To Kids: Study

ThirdAge.com 11/8/11

Antibiotic resistance might owe its prevalence to the 10 million unwarranted antibiotic prescriptions pediatricans give to kids each year, according to a study from the University of Utah.

Give Kids Extra Dose of Pneumonia Vaccine PCV13, Says CDC

Medical News Today 11/4/11

Doctors are being advised to give children a supplemental dose of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine as they come in to their offices. PCV13 is a vaccine that protects from pneumococcal disease, which is caused by the bacterium pneumococcus; it is a leading cause of potentially life-threatening illness in children and elderly individuals.

Drug-Resistant Staph Infections in Europe Could Mark Start of a New Epidemic

Scientific America 10/16/11

A relatively new type of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus could represent the world’s next bacterial epidemic, an environmental health expert said here today at a conference for science writers.

UK Doctors Warned Of Gonorrhea's Increasing Drug Resistance

Huffington Post 10/10/11

In the United Kingdom, the Health Protection Agency is warning doctors about the growing drug-resistance of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea to the first-choice drug used to treat it, BBC News reported.