Antibiotics could become so ineffective that common injuries such as a grazed knee or a sore throat could kill, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
At the heart of the problem is the increasing resistance to drugs by microbes that cause the most common infections, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told a meeting of infectious disease experts in Copenhagen, The Independent reported Friday.
"A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. Things as common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee could once again kill," Chan warned.
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