The drug-resistant fungus can easily spread in hospital settings. Source: https://www.livescience.com/superbug-fungus-spread-covid19-hospitals.html
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Chemotherapy For Cancer Could Soon Be Unviable Because of Superbugs
schwit1 quotes a report from MSN: Cancer doctors fear superbugs which can’t be treated with antibiotics will soon remove chemotherapy as a treatment option for their patients, a survey has revealed. Cancer patients are more vulnerable to infections because the disease and its treatments can stop the immune system from working correctly. Of the 100 oncologists in the U.K. surveyed between…
This Microbe Is Spreading Antibiotic Resistance to Other Bacteria
Scientists found that the superbug MRSA had been gifted its antibiotic resistance from another microbe. Source: https://www.livescience.com/microbe-spreads-antibiotic-resistance-to-bacteria.html
Sugary Western Diets Fuel Newly Evolving Superbug
A diarrhea-causing bacterium is evolving into a new species that thrives on sugar-rich Western diets and readily spreads in hospitals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/evolving-superbug-sugar-diet