The New Superbug!
A new strain of the E. coli bacteria seems to have become resistant to most antibiotics. Let's talk about how this possibly happened. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by...
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Last week, doctors announced that an antibiotic-resistant superbug has been found in America for what some headlines are /saying/ is the first time. It’s a strain of E. Coli bacteria that’s resistant to colistin, one of the strongest antibiotics we have. This discovery has some important implications for the future of medicine -- and most of them aren’t good. But the situation might not be quite as bad as it seems. Antibiotics have been pretty awesome for us humans. Since doctors started prescribing them in the 1930’s, they’ve saved literally millions of lives, preventing death by infections that had been killing us for centuries. But we haven’t been as careful with them as we should have been, and it’s making bacteria stronger than ever before. ...
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Last week, doctors announced that an antibiotic-resistant superbug has been found in America for what some headlines are /saying/ is the first time. It’s a strain of E. Coli bacteria that’s resistant to colistin, one of the strongest antibiotics we have. This discovery has some important implications for the future of medicine -- and most of them aren’t good. But the situation might not be quite as bad as it seems. Antibiotics have been pretty awesome for us humans. Since doctors started prescribing them in the 1930’s, they’ve saved literally millions of lives, preventing death by infections that had been killing us for centuries. But we haven’t been as careful with them as we should have been, and it’s making bacteria stronger than ever before. ...
