Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are forcing extensive amputations on service members. B...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are forcing extensive amputations on service members. But a simple way to tackle the problem has been devised in Ukraine

Australian doctor Hayley Yuren has been working in Ukraine for four years. She has seen many service members who remained in hospitals for months because their wounds were infected with bacteria. Some had to undergo amputations. Yuren tried to understand what was causing such high infection rates and how they might be prevented. She came to believe that these bacteria should be treated like biological weapons. Yuren decided to fight them accordingly. The New York Times reported on the experiment, which began in September. We summarized its article and supplemented it with information from interviews and talks by the doctors involved, as well as their scientific papers.

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