Where Antibiotic Resistance Is Worst Around the World

Image: Staphylococcus. Getty Images.

wired.com- September 17th, 2015 - Sarah Zhang

Instead of the usual doom and gloom about antibiotic resistance, let’s begin with the good news. A new global report on antibiotic use, released yesterday, actually found a drop in Staph bacteria resistant to the antibiotic methicillin in countries seriously tackling drug resistance—places across Europe, the US, Canada, and South Africa. The boring stuff like handwashing and antibiotic stewardship? It works.

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