• Question: Will anti-biotics one day be unable to defeat a bacteria?

    Asked by 2FAST4U to Ceri, Marikka, Matt, Rob, Sally on 18 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by ZannersTheGreat.
    • Photo: Ceri Dare

      Ceri Dare answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Yes – some bacteria already can’t be defeated, like TDR-TB or multiply resistant gonorrhoea.

    • Photo: Robert Hampson

      Robert Hampson answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      Many bacteria already exist which cannotbe killed by our current crop of antibiotics. Fortunately, they are mostly found only in hospitals and there spread seems to be fairly well controlled by most health services. If we continue to misuse antibiotics these kind of bugs may become more common inside and outside of hospital potentially infecting and killing a lot more people.

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