Tag: antibiotic resistance

Air pollution may be a leading cause for antibiotic resistance globally, new study finds

 In the model created by the researchers, air pollution was found to be responsible for 11% of changes in average antibiotic resistance levels globally, possibly making particle pollution a leading driver. … However, the study, which examined nine bacterial pathogens and 43 types of antibiotics, is observational and can’t prove a connection or explain what the connection […]