MG pode tornar-se superbactéria

http://jornalmedico.pt/atualidade/35818-mycoplasma-genitalium-pode-tornar-se-superbacteria.html

Citação:
"Apresentando sintomas semelhantes aos da clamídea e da gonorreia, a infeção pela bactéria mycoplasma genitalium (MG) é, muitas vezes, subdiagnosticada e, segundo especialistas britânicos, pode tornar-se numa superbactéria dentro de uma década.

A Associação Britânica para a Saúde Sexual e HIV avisou que a MG, muitas vezes, não apresenta sintomas, podendo provocar a doença inflamatória pélvica ou, até mesmo, levar à infertilidade de algumas mulheres."

Superbugs e ingrediente desinfectante

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Citando:
"A laboratory study found the ingredient chlorhexidine, used in a wide range of antiseptic products, increased bacterial resistance to the antibiotic colistin.
Despite the headline to the contrary, researchers did not specifically test mouthwash or any other household products.
Colistin is what is known as an "antibiotic of last resort" and is used to treat Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium that has evolved resistance to other more widely used antibiotics."

Sobre o uso indiscriminado de antibióticos na criação de animais

Parecido com o problema nos humanos:
http://www.pig-world.co.uk/news/animal-health/farm-antibiotics-investors-are-right-to-be-worried.html
"The need to tackle human prescribing is still widely considered to be the highest priority in the drive to safeguard our antibiotics, but global attention is increasingly turning to the overuse of antibiotics in farming.
The discovery in late 2015 of the mcr-1 gene, which confers resistance to the “last-resort” antibiotic colistin, catapulted veterinary antibiotic use into the headlines worldwide. First found in China, the gene was subsequently discovered in at least 19 countries worldwide.

These findings, strongly linked to farm use of colistin, triggered widespread concern. Subsequently, 50 medics and scientists across Europe and the US called on MEPs to support a ban on routine preventative mass-medication of groups of healthy animals."