Transcript: Interview: Dr. Carl Nathan discusses antibiotic resistance

IRA FLATOW
Talk of the Nation Science Friday (NPR)
10-29-2004
Interview: Dr. Carl Nathan discusses antibiotic resistance

Host: IRA FLATOW
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

IRA FLATOW, host:

You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I am Ira Flatow.

Up next, a hospital, you know, may not be a great place to be sick. Over two million people will pick up an infection in a US hospital this year, and 90,000 of them--90,000 of them--will die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost 70 percent of those infections are resistant to at least one drug. The trends toward increasing numbers of infections and increased drug resistance show no sign of slowing down. And the ...

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