Neutrophil and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococccus aureus (MRSA) Bacteria

Antibiotic Resistance

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 18, 2013

Dr. Michael Bell, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control's division of health care quality promotion, talks about the CDC’s new report on antibiotic resistance, which found that at least 2 million Americans contract diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria every year, and that at least 23,000 die from those infections. This is the first time the effects of these infections have been quantified.

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