Culture & Life
Antibiotic resistance is a threat to patients
Spreading antibiotic resistance could have disastrous consequences for patients undergoing surgery or chemotherapy, a recent study stated.
(AP) Spreading antibiotic resistance could have disastrous consequences for patients undergoing surgery or chemotherapy, a recent study stated.
In the United States, up to half of infections after surgery and over a quarter of infections after chemotherapy are caused by organisms resistant to standard antibiotics, researchers found.
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