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Maryn McKenna, everybody’s favorite scary disease girl, has a double whammy for us this morning. A blog post, and an extended investigative report in The Atlantic, on the suspected link between resistant UTIs and the routine feeding of antibiotics to poultry.
First stop, is Maryn’s SUPERBUG BLOG, where she previews her investigative article – produced with the Food & Environment Reporting Network.
Investigation: Drug Resistance, Chicken And 8 Million UTIs
By Maryn McKenna July 11, 2012
If Maryn’s blog post is a tasty Hors d'oeuvre, then the main course is served up in The Atlantic.
How Your Chicken Dinner Is Creating a Drug-Resistant Superbug
By Maryn McKenna
Jul 11 2012, 5:16 PM ET 1
Continuing to treat urinary tract infections as a short-term, routine ailment rather than a long-term food safety issue risks turning the responsible bacteria into a major health crisis.
Both pieces are highly recommended.
And finally, for anyone who has not yet read Maryn’s terrific 2010 book Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA, a link to my review.
