One Ukrainian soldier had six extensively drug-resistant bacterial infections

Enlarge / Ukrainian medics of the battalion “Da Vinci Wolves” and “Ulf” paramedical unit transfer a wounded Ukrainian soldier to a stabilization point on the Bakhmut front as the Russia-Ukraine war continues on April 6, 2023. Getty | Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fueling a dangerous rise in bacterial drug resistance—an alarming reality made clear by a recent case report of an injured Ukrainian soldier who became infected with six different extensively drug-resistant bacteria, one of which was resistant to every antibiotic tested.

Health experts are sounding the alarm that the nearly unbeatable germs will likely

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