Re: India on its way to an antibiotic disaster

''Widespread and inappropriate antibiotic use in residential aged care facilities … is especially concerning given emerging evidence of antibiotic resistance in residential aged-care facilities,'' the researchers wrote.

The researchers wrote that the development was especially concerning because older people were particularly susceptible to the adverse consequences of antibiotic use, including the potentially fatal Clostridium difficile infection, which is thought to be caused by an imbalance in gut bacteria following antibiotic treatment

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