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World Service,3 mins

Antibiotic resistant bacteria spreads to Europe

Newsday

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A world where antibiotics will not work is getting increasingly likely, as bacteria which are resistant to drugs spread - three pig farms in the UK have just been found to have it. Professor Peter Collingnon, an Infectious Diseases Physician and Microbiologist at Canberra Hospital in Australia explains why this shouldn't come as a shock. (Photo: Bacteria in petri dish. Credit: Thinkstock)

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