PUTRAJAYA: A powerful antibiotic to treat serious bacterial infections is no longer effective in six out of 10 patients as a result of years of widespread abuse of antibiotics in the country.
Citing an example, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the antibiotic carbapenem used to fight Acinetobacter baumanii, a bacteria that causes dangerous secondary infections in hospitals, was no longer effective in 57.4% of cases last year, a drastic increase from 35% in 2005.
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