The unstoppable superbugs that could kill millions

  

Disease vs drugs: The microbes winning the war
Klebsiella – Klebsiella is another type of bacteria which has developed a high level of resistance to antibiotics. The bacteria can cause healthcare related infections including pneumonia, bloodstream infections and meningitis. Klebsiella naturally occurs in the intestines where it does not usually cause disease.
It's unlikely that healthy people are affected by the bacteria, but patients in hospitals who use a ventilator, intravenous catheters or long courses of certain antibiotics are at a higher risk of becoming infected.



Gonorrhea – In the United States, over 350,000 cases of this sexually transmitted infection were reported in 2014, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Resistance to antibiotics began to occur soon after their introduction in the 1930s and has continued to rise with resistance now seen against five of the drugs once used to treat it -- which include the commonly used antibiotics penicillin and tetracycline.