#carbapenems — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/lough-neagh-northern-ireland-genes-antibiotic-resistance-superbugs. "Testing of #water from Lough Neagh [Northern Ireland], which has a surface area 26 times bigger than Windermere, found genes resistant to a wide range of #antibiotics, including #carbapenems - #drugs reserved for life-threatening #infections when all other #treatments have failed."
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Since the outbreak of the #war in #Ukraine, certain hospital #pathogens that are #resistant to many #antibiotics have been detected much more frequently in #German #hospitals. The pathogen #Klebsiella #pneumoniae is also resistant to the reserve antibiotics of #carbapenems due to a combination of two #enzymes.
#Microbiology #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/mcb02022301.html