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Superbug causes a six fold rise in death toll in European hospitals

How soon will we run out of effective antibiotics at this rate?

29-Jul-2019

Key points from article :

Antibiotic resistance is increasing across European hospitals.

Klebsiella pneumoniae has developed resistance to the last line antibiotic carbapenem.

This superbug caused a six fold rise in deaths in 2015 compared to 2007.

244 hospitals from Ireland to Israel were involved in this large scale study.

Needs ongoing genomic surveillance for continuous detection of new superbugs.

A collaborative study, published in Nature Microbiology.

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Nature Microbiology

Scientific Journal providing information about microorganisms.

Sophia David

Postdoctoral Scientist in the Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance (CGPS).

Wellcome Sanger Institute

Center for genomic discovery.

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Antibiotic Resistance