Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Jan 9 2008, Arpita Mukherjee

Penicillin, the once wonder drug is fast losing its effectiveness with widespread undesirable prescription of the drugs by general physicians. As a result, there has been a rapid increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are...

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