new, drug-resistant strain of E. coli due to feeding antibiotics to livestock animals

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*A new, drug-resistant strain of /E. coli/

 

*In England and Wales, around 30,000 people a year are infected with a

new strain of /E. coli/ bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics.

The new strain, an extended-spectrum B-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strain

that causes urinary tract infections and can also lead to blood

poisoning, is also starting to show up in U.S. hospitals. According to

one expert, it is more dangerous than methicillin-resistant

/Staphylococcus aureus/ (MRSA). Doctors have few drugs available to

treat such infections. The problem of antibiotic resistance is growing

worldwide, in part due to agricultural practices that feed antibiotics

to animals that are not sick.

 

Read more from /The Daily Telegraph/

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