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Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Nearly every kind of bacteria now has a strain that is resistant to one or more antibiotics. Drug-resistant bacteria have been blamed for the re-emergence of tuberculosis, diptheria and whooping cough. Are doctors becoming powerless to treat infections that were once routine? In this hour: an update on the war against drug-resistant bacteria.
Guests:
Dr. Bill Jacobs
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Dr. Robert Moellering
Physician-in-Chief
Deaconess Hospital
Shields Warren-Mallenkrodt Professor of Medical Research
Harvard University Medical School
Boston, MA
Dr. Clay Walker
Professor of Oral Biology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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