Deadly superbug just got scarier – it can mysteriously thwart last-resort drug

Deadly superbug just got scarier – it can mysteriously thwart last-resort drug

  • March 9, 2018
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Deadly superbug just got scarier – it can mysteriously thwart last-resort drug

For the first time, researchers have discovered strains of a deadly, multidrug-resistant bacterium that uses a cryptic method to also evade colistin, an antibiotic used as a last-resort treatment. That’s according to a study of US patients published this week by Emory University researchers in the open-access microbiology journal mBio.

Source: arstechnica.com

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