Gilmore said scientists are studying the pathogen's genes to identify targets for the development of new weapons to fight the superbug.
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Superbug
Synonyms for "superbug" (4 found)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 超級細菌 /超级细菌 noun (a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics)
French
1 entries- superbactérie noun (a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics)
German
2 entries- Killerkeime noun (a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics)
- Super-Erreger noun (a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics)
Italian
1 entries- superbatterio noun (a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics)
Spanish
1 entries- superbacteria noun (a strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics)
Sample sentences
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But now we’re seeing increasing numbers of superbugs that survive antibiotics. One of the best-known [is] MRSA, a kind of staph infection [that] kills about 18,000 Americans annually. That’s more than die of AIDS.
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