WATCH: Why SA’s running out of drugs to treat this superbug

Health-care-associated infections occur when a person acquires an infection while in hospital. One of the most deadly is a bacterium that has developed resistance against three out of the four antibiotics we can use to treat it

August 24, 2022 at 7:00 am

Bacteria that cause infections acquired in hospitals are on the WHO’s list of germs that are becoming difficult to fight.
Among this group are the ESKAPE bacteria, a set of superbugs for which there are only a few antibiotics that work.
Klebsiella pneumoniae, or “K”, is resistant to three out of the four antibiotics hospitals in SA have access to.