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'Fortunate Accident' May Yield Immunity Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

hopkinsmedicine.org

4 points by uber1geek 2 years ago · 1 comment

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uber1geekOP 2 years ago

When Imipenem and Meropenem were first made available in India by Ranbaxy, it was called "wonder drug" at the time because of its wide gamut coverage of Gram +/- Bacteria. That too was abused and prescribed like candy for infections in India and thus leading to its resistance.

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