Tagged: Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week

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InfectedNZ: the state of the nation - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Nov 21, 2016 •

Today marks the start of World Antibiotic Awareness week, an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness and understanding of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. To coincide, here at Te Pūnaha Matatini we are launching a week-long conversation about the health, social, economic, and environmental impacts of infectious diseases in Aotearoa New Zealand. Where possible, in … Read More

NZ’s first ‘superbug’ victim? - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Nov 19, 2013 •

One of the big news stories today was about the death of Brian Pool, who according to Stuff’s Michelle Duff is “believed to be New Zealand’s first victim of an aggressive superbug, caught while he was overseas, that is resistant to every type of antibiotic.” One of the doctors who treated him, clinical microbiologist … Read More