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2024-02-21 05:00:04
The effectiveness of antibiotics jeopardized by resistance, favored by excessive use of anti-bacterials. In 2019, antibiotic resistance caused the deaths of 1.27 million people worldwide, according to a study by Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance from the universities of Oxford and Washington.
Are certain antibiotic resistances specific to certain bacteria or diseases? In terms of resistance, are there other criteria, geographical for example, that come into play? Can we estimate in figures the impact of antibiotic resistance on a global scale in terms of lives lost?
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