Wed, 06 Apr 2005

Study: Drug-Resistant Staph Cases Rising

Of course the over use of these drugs by humans (and their medical professionals) has certainly played a huge role in this, but I've gotta wonder how much the continual administration of sub-theraputic doses of antibiotics to cattle, hogs and chickens in "modern" factory farms have contributed to this problem.

AP - Dangerous drug-resistant staph infections are showing up at an alarming rate outside hospitals and nursing homes in the United States. New research found that in one part of the country, as many as one in five infections were picked up out in the community.

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