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Diphtheria risks becoming major global threat again as it evolves antimicrobial resistance
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Diphtheria risks becoming major global threat again as it evolves antimicrobial resistance

by  University of Cambridge This photomicrograph depicted a number of Gram-positive Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria, which had been stained using the methylene blue technique. Credit: CDC/ Public Domain Diphtheria—a relatively easily-preventable infection—is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to vaccine escape, warn an international team of researchers...