New antibiotic buys medicine time in the never-ending fight against superbugs
Briefly

No matter how effective the new treatments are, if they are used massively, natural selection will always push some strains of microorganisms to develop antibiotic resistance, leading humanity to an endless fight where the goal is to buy time.
If new infections are avoided as much as possible through prevention measures or new vaccines, the medical world buys itself time by reducing the use of antibiotics.
If each infection is treated only with the indicated drug, more time is gained by slowing the development of resistance.
Medicine will be able to minimize the impact of superbacteria by developing new antibiotics before current ones become ineffective, emerging victorious from multiple battles.
Read at english.elpais.com
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