Because you Care About Me: Antibiotic Resistance in GCC Countries

Due to broad use of antibiotics, bacteria are turning into superbugs! These are especially prevalent in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

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Because of broad use of antibiotics, bacteria are turning into superbugs! These superbugs are especially prevalent in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Professor David Paterson of UQCCR is leading with his group the first Gulf Cooperation Council-wide network of collaborating hospitals and institutes to study superbugs in the region.

Find out what these superbugs are, what they do, and what we can do to stop them from spreading!

Original Article: Zowawi et al. B-Lactamase Production in Key Gram-Negative Pathogen Isolates from the Arabian Peninsula . Clinical Microbiology Reviews vol.26 no.3, 361-380 (2013).