If antibiotic resistance does as is predicted and kills more people than cancer by 2050, Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae will be among the worst culprits. She'd never travelled outside New Zealand, and, at the time, all known New Zealand CPE carriers had caught it overseas. By one estimate, MRSA, the so-called 'hospital superbug', has 10-20 additional carriers for every person known to be colonised. Given those statistics, it is worth recording that Maori have likely contributed least to the rising risk of antibiotic resistance. EVOLVING RESPONSELike superbugs themselves, New Zealand's response to the threat posed by antibiotic resistance is still evolving.

Source: Stuff February 24, 2019 20:03 UTC