Antibiotic use for travelers' diarrhea favors particularly resistant super bacteria
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 20:02
in Health & Medicine
Every year, millions of travelers visit countries with poor hygiene, and approximately one third of them return home carrying antibiotic-resistant ESBL intestinal bacteria. A traveler who resorts to using antibiotics will pick up the most resistant strains of common 'super bacteria.'