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World Service,19 Oct 2016,5 mins

The Inquiry: How Did We Mess up Antibiotics?

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In this excerpt from The Inquiry, infectious disease specialist Brad Spellberg explains why we are struggling to find the antibiotics we need. He also describes what it’s like to treat a patient resistant to all antibiotics.

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