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Antibiotics aren't the only weapons.
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- Author(s): MacKenzie, Debora (AUTHOR)
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New Scientist. 6/11/2011, Vol. 210 Issue 2816, p8-9. 2p.
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The article discusses how new treatments other than antibiotics need to be developed to treat superbugs. The article focuses on a German outbreak of E. coli that could not be screened using normal methods nor treated with regular antibiotics. The article discusses the nature of the E. coli from the outbreak, the idea of vaccinating against the toxins that bacteria release that cause deleterious effects, and using phages to kill bacteria. INSET: THE RISE OF THE SUPERBUG.
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