Antibiotic resistance in M’sia worrying


Meeting the patients: Dr Hilmi chatting with diabetic patient Noriza Jami, 56, (seated left) during the National Antibiotic Awareness Week Campaign 2015 at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Also present is the hospital’s director Datuk Dr Zaininah Mohd Zain (right).

KUALA LUMPUR: One out of two patients in Malaysia treated with Ampicilin for E. coli in a clinic is not responding to the antibiotic.

One out of four Streptococcus pneumonia chest patients is also not responding to the antibiotic erythromycin.

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