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ALARM FOR:
THE
UNDEFEATED
SUPER
BACTERIUM
Facts
there were 18,000 deaths (USA) in 2005 alone, that were caused by
antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, a number higher than
the number of HIV/AIDS related deaths.
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Anyone can go to a veterinary pharmacy and get every kind of antibiotics without
veterinary supervision or other measures.
Around half of the quantity of antibiotics produced in the world, is added in animals
feed (for farm animals) (13), with a large proportion of antibiotics being
administered in sub-therapeutic doses, not to treat diseases but to promote
growth (16).
Antibiotics given to animals via food or water can be dispersed through excretion,
thus increasing the bacterial resistance to antibiotics(3) and the number of the
resistant bacteria in the environment (9).