WATCH: Why SA’s running out of drugs to treat this superbug
Health-care-associated infections occur when a person acquires an infection while in hospital. One of the most deadly is a bacterium that has developed resistance against three out of the four antibiotics we can use to treat it
24 August 2022 - 07:00
byDylan Bush & Zano Kunene
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WATCH: Why SA’s running out of drugs to treat this superbug
Health-care-associated infections occur when a person acquires an infection while in hospital. One of the most deadly is a bacterium that has developed resistance against three out of the four antibiotics we can use to treat it
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