Gonorrhea -- Australia
A critically drug-resistant strain of [the bacterium that causes] gonorrhoea dubbed a "super-superbug" has been detected in every Australian state and territory by a new national surveillance system.
The National Alert System for Critical Antimicrobial Resistance (CARAlert) identified 1064 bacteria highly resistant to last-line antibiotics between 17 Mar 2016 and 31 Mar 2017 across 73 laboratories. "These are super-superbugs," said Professor John Turnidge, senior medical advisor at the
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2tIPiRh
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