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Across the world, there are reports of shortages of common antibiotics. Ben Hargreaves examines why these shortages are happening and what is being done in the background to return supply to normal.

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The majority of contemporary strains harbor this mutation and thus represent a risk of an increase in their level of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. The bactericidal action of some ...

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Antibiotics are substances that inhibit the growth of bacteria. They work by killing bacteria or preventing their reproduction, and may be synthesized chemically or by naturally-occurring or ...