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How do antibiotic-resistant bacteria get into the environment?

  • Written by Suzanne Young, Ph.D. student, University of South Florida

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem. The United Nations recently acknowledged this as “one of the biggest threats to modern medicine,” dedicating a high-level meeting to the issue at the 2016 General Assembly.

In the U.S. at least two million people are infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria and 23,000 die each...

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