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NNadir

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8. Well, there was methocillin for pennicillin resistance...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Jan 3, 2024, 03:40 PM

Jan 2024

...and then this led to MREs, methocillin resistant enterococcus, and then Vancomycin, and then VREs.

It's a battle with evolution and it will never end.

There was a golden age of antibiotics, but it may be coming to an end, with or without abuse.

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Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 OP

If this proves effective for humans... pandr32 Jan 2024 #1

...for a few years. ret5hd Jan 2024 #2

Yep - thanks for the reality check rurallib Jan 2024 #3

They can't do that if they're eradicated ck4829 Jan 2024 #6

They won't be eradicated paleotn Jan 2024 #9

'Discovered,' or 'developed?' elleng Jan 2024 #4

A little of each? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 #7

Science! Mr. Evil Jan 2024 #5

Well, there was methocillin for pennicillin resistance... NNadir Jan 2024 #8

Vancomycin I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2024 #13

I've read that scientists have used AI to help them develop these drugs. ancianita Jan 2024 #10

I wonder if anyone will able to afford any new drugs. Cost is so out of control. mucifer Jan 2024 #11

I had a bout with a bad infection I_UndergroundPanther Jan 2024 #12