Scientists are racing to find alternatives to traditional antibiotics, a hunt that is uncovering unusual ways to counter infection, in unusual places. 9News
Nature’s bacterial predator, each phage variety targets a different bacterial strain. Originally used to treat dysentery in the early 20th century, today Chan looks in places like ditches, ponds and, yes, sewage treatment plants for types that attack a variety of human infections.A petri dish containing the Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung samples grown from patient, Balasa.
And while there are no good counts in much of the world, one often-cited British report said unless solutions are found, by 2050 up to 10 million people globally could be dying from drug-resistant infections, slightly more than die from cancer today. And while some people are more at risk — those getting surgery, or cancer chemotherapy, for example — “antibiotic resistance is a problem essentially for everyone,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious diseases chief at the National Institutes of Health.
Almost immediately, she was coughing up fewer bacteria. It took a few weeks for her to feel better, though and during that time she switched briefly to some antibiotics she’d previously given up.
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