In an interview with the Otago Daily Times Professor Kurt Krause, Director of the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases, suggests that the post-antibiotic era may create renewed interest in alternative remedies.
A major World Health Organisation report this week using data from 114 countries has concluded that without co-ordinated action, the world faces a post-antibiotic era.
It meant common infections and minor injuries that had been treatable could be deadly.
Read more in the Otago Daily Times article:
- Fresh look at old remedies likely 3 May 2014, Otago Daily Times website
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