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Title Michael Mosley vs The Superbugs Media name/outlet BBC Four Media type Television Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 17/05/17 Description For 70 years we've waged war against harmful bacteria using antibiotics. But bacteria are fighting back and today more and more bacterial infections are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Drug-resistant superbugs are spreading; not just MRSA - also TB, pneumonia, e-coli. In Britain, hundreds are already dying of these infections - mainly the very young or the frail and elderly. But experts warn that unless we crack the problem, by 2050 we'll be facing a massive health crisis with over 10 million people dying of resistant bacterial infection worldwide every year.
Michael Mosley goes in search of the causes of this crisis and new solutions to overcome it. Have we caused the resistant superbug crisis by overusing antibiotics?URL www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08qkz77 Persons Sheena Cruickshank
Keywords
- superbugs
- antibiotic resistance