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Re:A woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available a... by balls187 on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:50AM (#13408874)
Let's be clear here, she was in her 70's and received a majority of her care in India, not the US.
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Re:A woman dies of a superbug resistant to every available a... by nrjdhsbsid on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:15AM (#13408960)
And she had a bone infection, very hard to treat even without resistant bacteria.

Let's be realistic here, she had the infection for YEARS... The odds are very high that the bacteria started out fairly normal and became resistant over time

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