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World Health Organization report on antibiotic resistance - Media Statement

May 1, 2014

This week's report on worldwide antibiotic resistance by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the urgent need for a coordinated global response. The WHO report reinforces and extends globally CDC's call to action, Antibiotic Threats in the United States 2013. High rates of antibiotic resistance are present around the world. There already are parts of the world where half of some common infections do not respond…

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