Senior residential homes are breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, due to overprescription of antibiotics, a new study says. Stool samples provided by Australian senior home residents contained bacteria with a wide range of genes linked to antibiotic resistance , researchers report in the Journal of Infection . Advertisement "Commonly used tablet antibiotics in the elderly increase many types of resistance bacteria carried in the gut and these so called 'superbugs' can increase

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