Deadly bacteria defy drugs, alarming doctors

Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 02:15 in Health & Medicine

A new category of bugs becomes more resistant to treatment, and their toll -- which already includes a Brazilian beauty queen -- is expected to rise. When Ruth Burns had surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in her back, the operation was supposed to be an "in-and-out thing," recalled her daughter, Kacia Warren.

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