unbreakable

By jp 11 Aug 2001

well, it finally happened. clinical isolates of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus (yellowish and smells like old sweat socks, prominent human and bovine pathogen) have emerged that are resistant to the alamo drug (something that starts with a Z, I can’t recall off the top of my head).

<p>so, in our overuse of antibiotics, we&#8217;ve created the first all-hell resistant bug which is <i>completely unaffected</i> by all known antibiotics. </p>

<p>a little horizontal gene transfer, and popular pathogen, a nice widely-used body of water, and you&#8217;ve got the next plague of the new millenium. </p>

<p>shit.</p>