Superbug drug resistance rises

Link: Attack of the Superbug.

A report this week indicated that hospital-acquired infection rates have worsened in the United States during the last several years, including antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Along with a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that more than 70 percent of the bacteria that cause infections are resistant to at least one antibiotic used to treat them, a USC pharmacist advises being more selective in using these drugs.