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Hospitals Blamed for Most Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Not Agriculture

2013-09-18 16:55:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: CBS News   Overprescribing antibiotics to Americans is fueling the rapid growth of antibiotic-resistant infections in the United States, according to a report released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov.) from CBS News. More than two million people in the United States  get drug-resistant infections annually. About 23,000 die from these diseases that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics in doctors' arsenals. read more

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